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HUMAN
SERVICES
HEALTH&
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
of
OF
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
MAY 2 1 1999
TO:
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
FROM:
Director, Office of AIDS Research, NIH
SUBJECT:
Assignment of Dr. Paul Gaist as Agency Representative to the Office of
National AIDS Policy
This is to confirm our recent discussions concerning the assignment of Dr. Paul Gaist, one of my
senior scientific staff members, as an agency representative to the Office of National AIDS
Policy.
Dr. Gaist and Mr. Todd Summers of your office have been in communication with each other to
determine a start date for Dr. Gaist's assignment and to discuss possible areas of responsibility
and projects that he may undertake. As per your request, Dr. Gaist will provide direct support to
you and your Office, focusing on behavioral and prevention science and policy issues, both
domestically and internationally. In addition, Dr. Gaist will respond to other assignments as
necessitated by the requirements of your office. Briefly, some of the activities discussed by
Dr. Gaist and Mr. Summers are:
Prepare briefings for key Government representatives to discuss improving cross-
agency communication and partnership on HIV prevention research and program
efforts;
To advise the Director, ONAP, on behavioral and prevention science and policy
issues as they arise;
To serve as a resource for both contacts and content on HIV research issues;
Work with the Presidential Advisory Council on HIV/AIDS to address issues, as
they might arise, regarding behavioral and social science aspects of HIV
prevention and AIDS treatment;
To provide insights and potential strategies for enhancing cooperation/collabora-
tion with domestic and international health organizations on issues and efforts
related to HIV prevention;
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Develop briefing materials, talking points, analyses and overviews for the
Director and Deputy Director, ONAP, as needed; and
Serve as a resource and liaison for NIH-related issues.
I will be assigning Dr. Gaist to your office for a period of time not to exceed seven months. The
assignment will begin on June 7, 1999 and run through December 31, 1999. You and I can
discuss any extensions of Dr. Gaist's tenure there as you determine your needs for his assistance.
Thank you very much. I am happy to have this opportunity to provide assistance and additional
expertise to your office as we work together in our battle against HIV and the AIDS pandemic.
Please call me if you have any questions.
Nex
Neal Nathanson, M.D.
Margaret L. Petito
6008 34th Pl. NW
Washington. DC 20015-1607
May 12, 1999
The Hon. Sandra Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
736 Jackson Pl., N.W.
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Sandy,
For all you do, thank you!
The NYUMBANI gang so enjoyed your talk and your
company the other evening at my home - so informative
and just great.
Personal thanks from me for your letter of April 26 to the
Conference on Bishops regarding their African policy advisor position.
Your kind words of support mean so much! Even Fr. D'Agostino
sent along a very generous letter. To be sure, I am not necessarily
hopeful of securing this position. Even D'Ag opined that the Conference
typically hires former AID males hmmm. That is not me.
However, I will keep "you posted." And to be sure, hope to see
you sooner rather than later. Please do not forget the 9-27-99
Event with Mark Shields - fun! I think D'Ag will be around town the end
of May great!
All the very best,
MESAB
MEDICAL EDUCATION FOR SOUTH AFRICAN BLACKS
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
LOUIS W. SULLIVAN, M.D.
CHAIRMAN
May 3, 1999
President, Morchouse School of Medicare:
Former Secretary of Health
and Human Services
Sandra Thurman
JACK J. SPITZER
VICE CHAIRMAN
Director
Former Public U.S. Delegate
to the United Nations
White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Honorary President,
Memorial Foundation for lewish Culture:
736 Jackson Place, NW
Honorary President.
B'um Birth International
Washington, DC 20503
VINCENT LoVoi
TREASURER AND SECRETARY
Vice President.
Warner-Lumbert Company
Dear Sandy,
THE R.V. FRANK C. STRASBURGER
PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Just a note to say how much I enjoyed getting together with you last week. You
ALDRAGE B. COOPER, JR.
stimulated in me some important thinking on MESAB's potential role in the
Vice President.
Johnson is folmson
South African AIDS crisis, and I look forward to refining some of that as our
YONA ANN GOLDBERG
Board considers the possibilities.
Trustee,
United fewish Appeal
MICHAEL W. HODIN, Prt.D.
While we were talking, I started to ask you what got you into this whole field in
Vice President, Public Affairs Phaer Inc.
the first place, but something you said launched us into another direction, and the
ALEXINE CLEMINT JACKSON
National President,
YWCA of the U.S.A.
opportunity slipped by me. Some time soon, I hope we're able to get together
LASALLE D. LEFFALL, JR., M.D.
again, and that question will be at the top of my agenda. You're commitment and
Drete Professor of Surgery,
Howard University Hospital:
dynamism make you the ideal person for your position, one where you're
Immediate Past President.
American College of Surgeons:
virtually always fighting uphill with at least one hand tied behind your back. Just
Honorary bellow.
College of Surgeons of South Africa
remember, there's an invisible army behind you-not terribly well armed, to be
ALICE LUSK
sure, but growing in number and resolve.
WOODROW A. MYERS, JR., M.D.
Director, Health Care Management.
Ford Motor Company
So, as the saying goes, keep on keeping on. And we'll hope that the leadership
THOMAS O. PYLE
begins to catch on, because you are obviously right-that's where the battle has to
Director of Corporations
be won.
THE HONORABLE PAUL SIMON
us Senate (Retired)
Director, Public Policy Institute
Southern Illinois University at Carbondate
All the best,
MITCHELL W. SPELLMAN, M.D.
Dear Emeritus for
International Programs,
Harvard Medical School
JOSEPH M. STEWART
Senior Vice President,
Kellogg Company
The Rev. Frank C. Strasburger
CAROL TOLAN
President
CARL WARE
Presulent. Africa Group.
Coca-Cola International
CONSUELA WASHINGTON
Minority Counsel.
House Committee on Commerce
HERBERT KAISER
FOUNDING PRESIDENT
AND HONORARY DIRECTOR
JOY D. KAISER
FOUNDING VICI: PRESIDENT
AND HONORARY DIRECTOR
DR. DONALD KENNEDY
CHAIRMAN-EMERITUS
BING PROFESSOR AND PRESIDENT-EMERITUS,
STANFORD UNIVERSITY
ALFIE DEMOSS
DEPUTY DIRECTOR
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May 5, 1999
Dr. Eric Goosby
Director, Office of HIV/AIDS Policy
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Avenue SW
Washington, DC
Dear Eric:
On behalf of the President, the Vice President, and all of us within the Administration
working to end the AIDS crisis, let me extend to you our sincere and heartfelt congratulations on
your receiving the James R. Harrison Award.
Many of us joined in the struggle to stop AIDS have worked at your side, seen your
dedication, felt your conviction, and witnessed your action. Even when the burden of public
service weighed heavy, you chose to continue your efforts on behalf of those living with AIDS
and those lying in its path.
Though we may not always be able to understand the fine points of genotypes and
phenotypes, rest assured that we have always trusted that you did -- and would be able to lead the
rest of us in the right direction. With that same spirit, you have always--without hesitation--
helped many struggling to understand their own personal health needs at the same time as you
struggled to help the nation find its way in this epidemic.
As a teacher, as a mentor, as a doctor, leader, and philosopher, you have never failed to
keep your focus on real people and real issues. Perhaps more importantly, as a friend to all of us,
you have shown us how boundless compassion and intelligence can be brought together to give
true meaning to the term "public service."
Congratulations. It is a great honor for all of us to join in thanking you for the incredible
contribution you have made, and will continue to make, in the fight against AIDS.
Very ruly yours,
Sandra Landy Thueman Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
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OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG CONTROL POLICY
Washington, D.C. 20503
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
CONTACT: Bob Weiner
Friday, May 21, 1999
(202) 395-6618
WHITE HOUSE DRUG CZAR ISSUES STATEMENT
ON MARIJUANA FOR MEDICAL RESEARCH
(Washington, D.C.) - General Barry R. McCaffrey, Director of the White House
Office of National Drug Policy, issued the following statement today following the
announcement by the Department of Health and Human Services' Guidance for the
Provision of Marijuana for Medical Research.
"ONDCP endorses the Department of Health and Human Services' (HHS)
decision to facilitate further research into the potential medical uses of marijuana
and its constituent cannabinoids. Such research will allow us to better understand
what benefits might actually exist for the use of cannabinoid-based drugs, and what
risks such use entails. It will also facilitate the development of an inhaler or
alternate rapid-onset delivery system for THC or other cannabinoid drugs.
Advisors to both the National Institutes of Health and the Institute of Medicine
(IOM) have concluded that such research is warranted. This decision underscores
the federal government's commitment to ensuring that the discussion of the
medical efficacy and safety of cannabinoids takes place within the context of
medicine and science.
Continued strict regulation of cannabis is essential. Until we fully
understand the ramifications of allowing cannabinoid-based medicines, such uses
must only be part of clinical studies to expand the body of scientific understanding.
In short, we need to be sure that as we examine cannabinoid-based drugs for
possible medical benefit that we do not contribute to increased abuse of this
psychoactive substance.
We look forward to working closely with the Department of Health and
Human Services to promote bonafide clinical research and to ensure appropriate
medical access to drugs and substances that are deemed safe and effective for
medical use in treatment."
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DATE: 05/28/99
TIME: 12:45 AM
TO: Sarah Holewinski @ 4562439
202-986-1345
PAGE: 001-C
National Organizations Responding to AIDS
(NORA)
Monday, June 7th, 1999
12:30PM-2:00PM
*Lunch*
American Nurses Association
600 Maryland Avenue, SW
Suite 100 West
Tentative Agenda
I.
Introductions: Terje Anderson & Rose Gonzalez, Co-chairs of the NORA Executive
Committee
II.
Topic:
Sex Workers and HIV
Speakers:
Melissa Ditmore & Helen Cornman, The Network for Sex Worker Project
(NSWP)
III.
NORA Working Group Updates
a.
Appropriations
b.
Ryan White Care Act Reauthorization
C.
Health Access
d.
Incarcerated Populations
e.
International Issues
f.
Prevention
g.
Needle Exchange
h.
Research
i.
Youth
IV.
Other Issues and Announcements:
Next meeting will be Monday, July 12th at Human Rights Campaign, 919 18th Street,
NW. 7th Floor
Please feel free to e-mail questions and concerns regarding NORA to: [email protected]
DATE: 05/28/99
TIME: 12:45 AM
TO: Sarah Holewinski @ 4562439
202-986-1345
PAGE: 002-C
National Organizations Responding to AIDS
(NORA)
Fax Memorandum
To:
NORA Coalition Members
From:
Jeannette Sebes, NORA Coordinator
AIDS Action
Date:
May 27, 1999
Re:
Sign-on letter
Attached is a letter regarding The Early Treatment For HIV Act. Please read the letter and
respond by COB Thursday, June 3ʳᵈ Please e-mail your sign-on request to:
[email protected]
include your organization's name as you would like it to appear on the letter, your name and
your contact information.
Please also note the change of address for AIDS Action. As of May 31st AIDS Action's (as well
as NORA's) new address will be:
1906 Sunderland Place, NW
Washington, DC 20036
Our new number will be available by calling our old number.
Thank you.
DATE: 05/28/99
TIME: 12:45 AM
TO: Sarah Holewinski @ 4562439
202-986-1345
PAGE: 003-0
May 27, 1999
(to all members of Congress except sponsors):
Dear:
On behalf of the National Organizations Responding to AIDS (NORA), we are
writing to urge that you support The Early Treatment for HIV Act (S. 902/H.R.
Co-Chairs
1591). This bill would give states the option to expand Medicaid coverage for
Terje Anderson
low-income individuals living with asymptomatic HIV disease - making it
NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF
PEOPLE WITH AIDS
possible for these individuals to receive primary health care and effective drug
therapies before they progress to full-blown AIDS. NORA is a coalition of over
Rose Gonzalez
AMERICAN NURSES
175 health, labor, religious and professional advocacy groups that represent a
ASSOCIATION
broad consensus on HIV and AIDS-related issues policy and funding levels.
Executive Committee
This legislation would provide access to care that is consistent with the Guidelines
Dave Cavenaugh
COMMITTEE OF TEN
for the Use of Antiretroviral Agents in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents
THOUSAND
issued by the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) recommending
David Harvey
the use of antiretroviral therapy early in the course of HIV infection, before the
AIDS POLICY CENTER FOR
manifestation of symptoms. Since Medicaid eligibility requirements are
CHILDREN, YOUTH AND
FAMILIES
incompatible with these clinical guidelines, this measure will take important steps
to bring as many people as possible under the HHS guidelines.
Jeff Jacobs
AIDS ACTION
Seth Kilbourn
As AIDS patients become sicker, their Medicaid covered treatment costs double.
HUMAN RIGHTS CAMPAIGN
According to a 1997 study published in the Journal of Acquired Immune
Miguelina Maldonado
Deficiency Syndrome, average monthly costs to Medicaid of treating patients
NATIONAL MINORITY AIDS
increase more than two-fold as a patient's CD4 count declines. A 1999 study of
COUNCIL
patients from the Johns Hopkins HIV Service also showed a significant decrease
Matthew McClain
in Medicaid payments for patients using combination antiviral therapy. Access to
CAEAR COALITION
early antiretroviral therapy could save the expensive use of federal Medicaid
Jane Silver
resources by keeping individuals healthier.
AMERICAN FOUNDATION
FOR AIDS RESEARCH
We believe that both the health benefits and cost-effectiveness of early
intervention, such as would be provided through early treatment, is in the best
interest of the government and its people. Therefore, we urge you to support this
Medicaid expansion to low-income people with HIV.
Sincerely,
May 21 '99 7:35
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FAX 914-739-7306
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May 20, 1999
To: Cheryl Bauerle
The White House Fax: (202)456-2439
Fm: Nick Mottern
Coalition for Creative Solutions
212 Nelson Avenue
Peekskill, NY 10566
(914) 788-0336
As we discussed yesterday, I am sending you the requests for investigations that we have
submitted to the Departments of Justice and Housing and Urban Development.
We would appreciate any help you might give in encouraging these agencies to undertake
the inquiries.
Thank you for your help.
Sincerely,
1000
Nick Mottern
May 21 '99 7:36
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FAX 914-739-7306
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CCS
Coalition for Creative Solutions
N1 Kissam Road
Peekskill, NY 10566
Coordinator: Georgia Svolos (914) 736-6506
March 28, 1999
Cynthia Schwimer, Comptroller
Office of the Comptroller
U.S. Department of Justice
810 Seventh Street NW
Washington, DC 20531.
Dear Comptroller Schwimer:
On behalf of the Coalition for Creative Solutions and the Committee for Justice, I am requesting that you examine the use of
all Justice Department grants to the Peekskill Police Department for the last 20 years.
We are making this request because we believe that there is the possibility that:
1. Grants may not have been used for their intended purposes.
2. The advisory process for grants may not have been honored, particularly with respect to the views of African-Americans.
3. Police have not had a long-term policing plan which has broad community support and participation and in which Justice
Department grants can provide help with unique or novel programs. Rather it appears that the grants may have been used
to help cover general police expenses.
4. There is a need for evaluation of the effectiveness of the grants and their impact on the African-American and the possible
use of moneys for racial profiling.
Our concerns were stimulated by a recent situation in which the City Council appointed five all-white men to an advisory
board to consider the use of a $39,717 block grant from the Justice Department. Not only was the board not representative of
the community, but it did not meet to make a recommendation for use of the grant until after the city council had accepted the
grant. At the same time the grant was accepted, it appears that the police had a $500,000 line item in their budget that was car-
ried over from the previous year and that was not fully committed. (We enclose a copy of a letter to the Justice Department
regarding the handling of the advisory aspect for the grant and the reply.)
We ask that the Justice Department not only investigate the three issues raised above but also determine which individuals
and firms may have been paid with Justice Department grants and determine whether there were any conflicts of interest in
awarding contracts using the grant money.
Referring to all the above, we ask that your office: (a) identify any instances in which there appears to be a violation of any
Federal law or regulation in the handling of any Justice Department grant to Peekskill over the last 20 years; (b) recommend
prosecution or remedial action; (c) recommend steps to prevent further violations.
We realize that the investigation we are requesting will require considerable time and resources. However, we believe it is
essential to ensure that Justice Department grants are used as intended and that they contribute to a democratic application of
the law.
Sincerely,
Georgia Svolos
for the Coalition for Creative Solutions
and the Committee for Justice
FAX 914-739-7306
P. 3
May 21 '99 7:37
Rafiki Natural Foods
CCS
Coalition for Creative Solutions
N1 Kissam Road
Peekskill, NY 10566
Coordinator: Georgia Svolos (914) 736-6506
March 28, 1999
Ruth Ritzema
Acting Special Agent in Charge
Office of Inspector General
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
26 Federal Plaza
New York, New York 10278/00698
Dear Acting Special Agent Ritzema:
On behalf of the Coalition for Creative Solutions and the Committee for Justice, I am requesting that you conduct an audit and
investigation into the use of all U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development grants to public agencies in Peekskill over
the last 20 years.
Our areas of concern include, but are not limited to, the following:
I. Grants provided to the Peekskill Housing Authority.
We ask that you investigate:
A. Possible Misuse of Grants. Currently, the City of Peekskill is attempting to use money from the Housing Authority to
pay for the installation of police video surveillance cameras outside Housing Authority property. The funding source cited
is the 1998 Comprehensive Grant. However, the grant proposal makes no mention of surveillance cameras outside
Housing Authority property.
There are reports of "gifts" to the city government over the last few years including: $5 million to the city parks and
recreation department; money to erect a massive steel fence around a park across the street from the Bohlman Towers
(operated by the Housing Authority); money for bicycles for police patrols throughout the downtown and for police
communications; money for the expansion of the Kiley Youth Center, a city-owned recreational facility.
We believe that the practice of giving "gifts" from the Housing Authority to the city government extends over a number of
years, with adverse effects to tenants of public housing. Tenants report they were told, for example, that there would be
money for computers for training youth, but nothing was forthcoming. It is reported that renovations and appliances
have been promised and not materialized. As noted below, tenants have not been directly informed of how Housing
Authority money is being spent and have no way of monitoring what is being done in their name.
We ask that you audit for the last 20 years, each grant from the Department of Housing and Urban Development to the
Peekskill Housing Authority to determine exactly what the money was spent for and who were the beneficiaries.
B. Efforts to Render Tenants Powerless. There is evidence that tenants of public housing in Peekskill have no part in the
decision-making of the Housing Authority and are deprived of information they would need to monitor and influence
Housing Authority decisions.
The Housing Authority has yet to set up a tenants advisory board in accordance with the Public Housing Reform Act of
1998. The tenants associations have not been active, and there is a report that the Housing Authority has acted to prevent
the tenants of the various public housing sites from joining to form a single organization. Tenants have said they fear
reprisals from the Housing Authority if they attempt to organize. Tenants have no real power and are mustered by the
Housing Authority only for the purposes of getting grant money. Once the grant has been obtained, tenants are of no
concern.
Evidence of this proposition can be found in the 1998 Comprehensive Grant application. The meeting of Bohlman Towers
tenants convened by the Housing Authority on June 3, 1998 for the purposes of fulfilling application requirements was
attended by six tenants out of 144 families. Although, the Housing Authority announced in March, 1999 that it would
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"give" $44,000 of the 1998 Comprehensive Grant to the city government for police surveillance cameras, the grant
application shows that not one tenant mentioned a need for camera surveillance on or off Housing Authority property.
On February 26, 1999, the same day that the Housing Authority answered a Freedom of Information Act request by the
Coalition for Creative Solutions to view the 1998 Comprehensive Grant application, it sent a letter to Bohlman tenants
asking their opinion about police surveillance cameras.
Tenants have said they do not see the grant applications, that there is no way for them to know how the grant money is
being spent, that they cannot get a copy of rules and regulations governing housing; requests for information mark the
person making a request as a troublemaker. Tenants have said they fear reprisals from the Housing Authority for asking
questions about where and how money is being spent by the Housing Authority or in advocating to meet their needs. It
appears that relatively simple requests such as starting evening programs for youth are denied without recourse.
The dis-empowerment of Housing Authority tenants is a long-standing problem. We ask that you investigate, through
confidential interviews with tenants and review of Housing Authority documents, to what degree tenants have been able
to monitor the disposition of grant money over the last 20 years; to what degree they have met on a regular basis, been
successful in organizing and progressed in their involvement.
C. Favoritism to Housing Authority Officials. There are reports of the following:
1. The use of Housing Authority money to purchase a bus for the Housing Authority from Mt. Olivet Church in Peekskill
where the Housing Authority executive director was a deacon.
2. Preference for the chair of the Housing Authority board in getting to move into a Housing Authority home; and
preference for her daughter who is also a Housing Authority employee.
We wish to make it clear that these reports have not been confirmed, but we ask that you investigate any conflicts of
interest and favored treatment that may have occurred within the Housing Authority or in the use of Housing Authority
funds over the last 20 years.
D. Control of the Housing Authority Board by the city government. It appears that through appointments to the Housing
Authority board, the city government has over time achieved virtually total control over the work of the Housing Authority. We
believe that this has been the central factor in the reported "gifts" of Housing Authority money to the city, and that the Housing
Authority funds may have become effectively a contingency fund for the city government.
We ask that you examine the process of selection for the Housing Authority board over the last 20 years to determine
whether HVD guidelines have been followed in making board appointments. In addition, we ask that you examine all
communications between the Housing Authority and the city government to determine to what extent the board has
acted properly regarding city requests and recommendations.
II. Low-cost housing grants and other grants. We believe that Peekskill has received money from HUD for low-cost housing that
may have been diverted for use in developing homes for artists, whom the city is trying to attract to Peekskill. We do not have
documentation to support this contention. Nor do we have a listing of the full range of HUD grants that have been given to the
City of Peekskill in the last 20 years. We believe we would have limited success in getting this kind of information given the difficul-
ty we have encountered in getting the City to respond fully to far less complex Freedom of Information Act requests.
We ask that you review low-cost housing grants and other HUD grants over the last 20 years to identify who were the
beneficiaries and to what degree conflicts of interest may have been involved in contracting for services with grant funds.
Referring to all of the above, we ask that your office: (a) identify any instances in which there appears to be a violation of any
Federal law or regulation in the handling of any HUD grant to Peekskill over the last 20 years; (b) recommend prosecution or
remedial action; (c) recommend steps to prevent further violations.
We recognize that responding positively to our request will involve a substantial commitment of HUD resources, and we do
not make the request lightly. We believe that the investigation we are requesting is essential to ensuring that HUD resources
are used to benefit those intended. Without such an investigation, we anticipate HUD grants will continue to reinforce the
concentration of political and economic power in Peekskill, to the disadvantage of those HUD intends to benefit.
Sincerely,
Georgia Svolos
for the Coalition for Creative Solutions
and the Committee for Justice
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BRISBANE, Calif. (BW HealthWire) May 18, 1999--In honor of the
Second Annual AIDS Vaccine Day, VaxGen, Inc. would like to thank the
volunteers in our Phase III clinical trials of AIDSVAX(TM).
Their invaluable contribution to HIV vaccine research is helping
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to prevent HIV, a virus that infects an estimated 16,000 people a day
worldwide.
On May 18, 1997, President Clinton issued a challenge to the
world to develop a safe and effective vaccine to prevent HIV by the
year 2007 -- projecting it as one of the first and most significant
medical advances of the new millennium. These comments inspired the
declaration of an annual event designed to recognize the compelling
need for the advancement of HIV vaccine research.
"We at VaxGen are proud to honor our clinical trials volunteers
who are lending their bodies to science in order to help develop an
HIV vaccine,' said Donald Francis, M.D., President of VaxGen. "As a
volunteer, myself, in one of our own trials, I recognize the critical
role volunteers play in vaccine research and I would like to recognize
the contribution made by this small group of pioneers."
VaxGen is currently conducting two large-scale Phase III clinical
trials of its AIDSVAX vaccines, one in North America and one in
Thailand. The North American trial will eventually include over 5,000
volunteers at risk of contracting HIV through sexual transmission and
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eventually include 2,500 volunteers at high-risk of contracting HIV
from intravenous drug use. The trial is being conducted at 17 drug
treatment clinics in Bangkok.
People interested in volunteering for the trial may call toll
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May 24, 1999
Sandra L. Thurman
Director, Office of National AIDS Policy
The White House
1600 Pennsylvania Avenue
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Ms. Thurman:
It was indeed a pleasure meeting you at the African-African-American
Summit in Accra, Ghana. I'm really going to need your support in collecting the
AIDS information we discussed. I will call you in the next two weeks. I also
hope to visit you in the White House soon. I can be reached at 973-761-9648.
Best wishes.
Sincerely,
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Women's and People of Color Communities
National Investment and
Savings Cameroon
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INTRODUCTION OF
N.I.S. - CAMEROON
- HISTORY
- FUNCTION
- PRODUCTS
- SECURITY
- REPUTATION
- FINANCES
HISTORY
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Established in March 1997 with registration number LT/CO/28/97/1702,
National Investment and Savings (NIS) Cameroon is a Cooperative
Savings and Loans Financial Institution. It is governed by law n°.92/006 of
14/08/92 and by Prime Ministerial decree of application °.92/455/PM of
23/11/1998.
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NIS - Cameroon commenced its operations in July 1997 at Douala, with a
branch and Head Office In October 1997, the South West Regional
Office in Kumba opened its doors and that of the Tombel Branch in April
1998. Today, we are functioning in MENJI, MAMFE, EKONDO TITI, and
MUYUKA additionally. The network therefore count some seven
branches. We already have plans to expand to Bamenda
and yaounde before the year end.
THE FUNCTIONING OF NIS
The supreme decision making body of NIS-Cameroon is its Board of
Directors headed by a Chairman. we have a supervisory committee which
supervises all the operations and a credit Committ for important
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amounts Akintola Williams, ablese a commettees (subsidiary of Deloitte are made Touche MP of Tohmatsu shareholders International directly.
are auditors for NIS - Cameroon. They send their audit reports directly to
the Board of Directors.
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The head of central Administration of the Institution is the
GeneralManager, who for now is Mr. TANYI Robinson, a law graduate and
professional in Banking and Finance. He has an outstanding banking
experience, and has served in the capacity as Banking Manager for the
last 18 years. He is also a renowned consultant in economic and business
disciplines.
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He is ably assisted by a qualified staff strength of 80 variously trained in
banking, micro-financing and other related fields.
PRODUCTS
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Our banking services to the public include:
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Savings accounts
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Business accounts
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Salary accounts (private)
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Agro - project financing accounts
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Liberal profession accounts
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Fixed deposit accounts.
Our Packages to :
1.
COMPANIES : We grant overdrafts, short term advances, discount bills, pre-
finance contracts, perform Import/Export financing, working capital financing, the
issuance of bid bonds, advance payment and performance guarantees,
counselling, etc. We also represent Western Union International financial
services in the receipt of funds from abroad as well as have agency
arrangements with Thomas Cook for the sale of Travellers cheques
2
EXPORT DEPARTMENT: NIS provides international fund transfer services via
swift as well as documentary collection consistent with international standards of
quality and delivery. NIS manages relationships between NGO's and
international funding institutions e.g. Bread for the World.
SECURITY
All funds deposited are insured with a reputable insurance company. Money in
our installations or in transit are equally insured. We operate a life insurance
cover for all loans disbursed and a guarantee fund for deliquent advances
through All Life Insurance Company, Gras Savoy and CCAR. AM our installations
are -Our protected network and insured. is compu terised and our expansion is based on our 5ykm pre-enablishic business plan
NIS-Cameroon is presently functioning in the following branches: Douala, Kumba
Regional Head Office, Tombel, Mamfe, Ekondo-Titi, Menji Muyuka and very soon
in Yaoundé and Bamenda. which makes us nutorious.
NIS-Cameroon began operations with a registered variable share capital of one
billion )1.000.000.000) frs CFA.
Total initial investment in materials and equipment cost approximately 250 million
frs. CFA as at today. We operate within the laid down norms of our institution but
ourselves. our partnership and affiliations vary. based on the objectives we assign to
CORRESPONDENTS
1.
Standard Chartered Bank Local and International
2.
Amity Bank, Correspondent for City Bank
3.
Commercial Bank of Cameroon (CBC) Correspondent for C.C.F. Paris
4.
All the three banks have overseas connections.
INTERNATIONAL FINANCING INSTITUTIONS
They include:
(1)
African Development Bank (ADB) through SOWEDA with whom NIS has signed
a protocol agreement for micro-financing the rural sector estimated at above 3
billion in cash and in kind through out the South West Province.
(2)
World Bank sponsored food security program through FIMAC (Government of
Cameroon)
(3)
Bread for the World sponsored micro-credit program for OIC graduates.
INTERNATIONAL PROFESSIONAL LINKS
1.
SACO - Canada
2.
BESO - London
We receive retired executives from this two institutions to strengthen our
institution professionally at different period.
INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT MEANS
CORPORATION for SUPPORTIVE HOUSING
June 2, 1999
Ms. Sandra Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
736 Jackson Place
Washington, DC 20503
Dear Sandra,
It is with bittersweet mixed emotions to let you know that my last day as
CEO of CSH was May 5th. I leave my post with feelings of great pride and
accomplishment for the contributions made by CSH over the past 8 years. I am
also extremely confident that with Jack Krauskopf at the helm, CSH will only
scale greater heights.
I am most anxious, however, to remain in touch with the many wonderful
people I have come to know during my tenure at CSH. Please call, write and E-
mail. My forwarding address (for now) is:
336 Central Park West
Apartment 6B
New York, NY 10025
e-mail: [email protected]
Please allow me to thank you again for your support and partnership with
CSH.
Sincerely,
Julie Julie Sandorf
JS:rc
50 Broadway, 17th Floor, New York, NY 10004
Phone: [212] 986-2966 Fax: [212] 986-6552
MCCORMACK & ASSOCIATES
EXECUTIVE SEARCH CONSULTANTS.
June 23, 1999
Ms. Sandy Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
736 Jackson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20503
Dear Sandy:
We are pleased to announce the successful placement of two outstanding candidates in high-
profile national searches.
First, please join us in congratulating Elliot Johnson on his appointment to the position of
Executive Director of the Whitman- Walker Clinic, Washington, D.C. Elliot was formerly
the administrator for HIV/AIDS outpatient services for the Los Angeles County-University of
Southern California Medical Center, and will assume his new position at Whitman-Walker full
time in August. Elliot is an openly gay, African-American healthcare innovator, who has been
widely praised by the leadership of such organizations as the LA Gay & Lesbian Center and the
Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, for his ability to develop close relationships
between county healthcare authorities and minority and religious communities.
We also want to congratulate Morgan Olsen on his appointment to the post of Vice President -
Business & Finance at Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas. For the past four years
Morgan has been Vice President, Business Affairs, for the 10,500-student campus of Eastern
Illinois University, one of nine universities and twelve campuses in the State of Illinois system.
He will assume his new post at SMU later this summer.
Our thanks to everyone who provided valuable assistance during these searches. We are once
again delighted to have placed two highly skilled candidates with diverse backgrounds in
positions of significant responsibility.
Sincerely,
Joseph Lne Cosmech
Joseph A. McCormack
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Congressional Council
WOMEN'S
Hon. Rosa DeLauro, Chair
Hon. Julia Carson
INFORMATION
Hon. Eva Clayton
Hon. Diana DeGette
Hon Anna Eshoo
June 15, 1999
Hon. Dianne Feinstein
Hon. Elizabeth Furse
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Hon. Eleanor Holmes Norton
Sandra Thurman
Hon. Carolyn Cheeks Kilpatrick
Hon. Mary Landrieu
Hon. Carolyn Maloney
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Director, National AIDS Policy
The White House Domestic Policy Council
Hon. Cynthia McKinney
Hon. luanita Millender-McDonald
736 Jackson Place
Hon. Patsy Mink
Hon. Patty Murray
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Washington, DC 20503
Hon. Nancy Pelosi
Hon. Lynn Rivers
Hon. Lucille Roybal-Allard
Hon. Maxine Waters
Hon Lynn Woolsey
NETWORK
Advisory Council
Karen Mulhauser, Chair
Dear Ms. Thurman:
lill Alper
Heather Booth
Loretta Bowen
On behalf of the Women's Information Network (WIN), we would like
Carolyn Burkhardt
Annie Burns
to thank you for participating in WIN's Tenth Annual Women Opening
Julie Burton
Doors for Women event on June 3, 1999. We have received positive
Mary Beth Cahill
Amy Conroy
feedback from dinner party attendees, all of whom truly appreciated the
Drane Cromer
lacci Duncan
opportunity to meet you and learn from your expertise.
Pepper English
Sharon Fischman
Page Gardner
This year's Women Opening Doors for Women was a tremendous
Dr. Jeanette Hoston Harris
success. Over 500 women were able to seek advice and learn from
Nikki Heidepriem
Gail Hoffman
women of achievement like you in their chosen careers. Year after year,
Lou Ivey
Christine Jahnke
one thing never changes: the dinner party speakers ultimately determine
Nancy Kirshner-Rodriguez
the popularity of the event, and your contribution has helped to make
Lisa Kountoupes
Tamara Kremin
this WIN's best event to date.
Andrea Holland LaRue
Robin Leeds
Reta J. Lewis
Women Opening Doors for Women is WIN's premier networking event
Mimi Mager
Julianne Malveaux
and our best opportunity for reaching out to professional women in the
Marjorie Margolies-Mezvinsky
Washington DC region. With over 20 career-specific networks and
Karen McMullen
Anne Morrison
committees, WIN's objective is providing our members with the
Sammie Moshenberg
Laurie Moskowitz
resources they need to succeed. WIN maintains a comprehensive job
Cindy McMillian Newberry
bank/career center; publishes a monthly newsletter, The WINning Slate;
Sima Osdoby
Mona F. Pasquil
maintains a member-exclusive email listserve; and offers over 20
Robin Read
educational and networking programs each month.
Carlottia Scott
Kimberly Scott
Amy Simon
Linda Sinoway
We thank you again for supporting WIN and for giving young women
Jennifer Sosin
the information they need to make smart career decisions. We look
Lisa Turner
Antoinette Wilson
forward to continuing to work with you to promote the professional
Anne B Zill
success of Washington's young women.
Best Regards,
Alyssa Farber
Eliss Layed Elissa Leopold
WIN Chair
Event Chair
1800 R Street NW, Suite C-4
Washington, DC 20009
Tel. 202.347.2827
Fax 202.347.1418
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June 22, 1999
Sandra Thurman
Director
White House Office of National AIDS Policy
736 Jackson Place
Washington DC
Dear Sandy:
On behalf of The National Association of People with AIDS, thank you for
participating in the video news release for the 1999 National HIV Testing Day.
As promised, here is the final piece, which will be sent to television reporters
around the country to encourage news stories on the importance of HIV testing.
As you see, the video new release tells the story of National HIV Testing Day and
includes sound bites from you and other experts, to provide television reporters
with options for developing a story.
We will keep you posted on the news stories that result from the video news
release.
Best Regards,
My Senior Vice President
Li Pans fr
Doug Stroup
Liz Panos
Senior Counselor
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NYUMBANI NEWS
Spring 1999
Dear Friends of Nyumbani,
The year started off very auspiciously by our signing an agreement with ARC International who
would subsidize our community based program up to 100 children. We are already indebted to
Global Alliance for Africa for subsidizing 60 such children who are all in the extremely poor
category and are cared for by an extended family member whom we identify, train and monitor. This
program has won the attention of the USAID and we are - at last - looking forward to getting some
help from them, thanks to the intercession of some significant Senate committee members. The
current census of residents is 66.
We have had some extraordinary volunteers of late. Sister Sheila Salmon who is an HIV/AIDS home
care R.N. specialist from Cleveland was with us for three months. She lived with the 5 Indian sisters
who live in the residence built for them right on the grounds. Three are RNs and two are trained
teachers. They are planning to provide a sister administrator whom we sorely need. Sister Sheila
has developed a taste for curry!
On February 14th, during our Sunday Mass celebration, Caroline, our 12 year old girl, died after 4
months of suffering which we tried to mitigate as much as possible. She came to us on Good Friday,
1993 with her younger brother George who died 3 years ago. Caroline was very bright. She read
beautifully at Mass each Sunday and won the admiration of many - even some from the Pilgrim
Community in Ireland who came to see her twice, the last a few days before her death. The funeral
and burial was attended by all the children and a sizable number of extended family whom we had
never seen before.
The British Airways personnel are still our most loyal and fruitful supporters, about 12 crew
members came along with two of our oldest helpers, Chris Lowthian and Helen Mann. They also
brought a well known magician, Alfonso Rios, who entertained the children on the premises, at a
local mall and at the American Club. As a result of the proceeds from the American Club show, a
check for 70,000Kshs (US $1,200) was presented. [if you want, I will send a photo of the event].
Finally, I was invited to go to Dar-es-Salaam to establish a "Nyumbani-in-Tanzania" The
Presidential invitation was brought by a Tanzanian social worker who inspected Nyumbani then
presented the proposal to us. While they would use the name (which is registered and trademarked
in Kenya) they would not obligate us to any support except consultative. I made the first trip on April
9-10.
Once again, I can't thank you all (the Board and annual donors in the U.S.) enough for the support
which we have needed critically to find the water, install the 50 KV generator, buy food and
medicines, pay salaries, etc. etc. The grace of God who has a special care for these children, will
surely bless you for being the instruments of His Providence.
Yours sincerely,
Angelo D'Agostino, SJ,MD
Founder & Medical Director
Name
Address
Enclosed please find my contribution of $
.
Make check payable to: COGRF, Inc.
Feel free to include a note to Father 'Agostino and it will be forwarded to him.
NYUMBANI Orphanage is a project of the Children of God Relief Fund, Inc., a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt
organization registered in the State of New York as a not-for-profit corporation. Employer Identification
Number: 13-3615655. Contributions are tax-deductible.
Washington, DC 20036
2000 Suite
MN Street W 1726
c/o Barbara Boggs Associates Inc.
NYUMBANI Orphanage
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FROM: JEFF KULLGREN
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DATE: 5/24/99
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SUBJECT: Closing Plenary at Capitol Triangle
COMMENTS: Here is the information we spoke about along with some other
sheets that may help with any further talking points you are looking for. Please
contact me or David Harvey at one of the two contact numbers on the memo with
any additional questions. Thank you!
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MEMORANDUM TO PARTICIPANTS, VOICES '99 CLOSING
PLENARY
From: David Harvey, Jeff Kullgren
Contact: Renaissance Washington, D.C. Hotel, (202) 962-4396
David Harvey's Cell Phone, (202) 486-3564
SUBJECT: Logistics, Tuesday, May 25, 1999
Please note the following logistics for the Voices '99 closing plenary
scheduled for Tuesday, May 25, 1999 from 3:30 to 4:30 p.m. at the Capitol
Triangle
1) We expect approximately 80 participants from the Voices '99 conference
to attend.
2) The closing plenary includes the dedication of two murals, one from the
International AIDS Conference, and one new mural created at the Voices
'99 conference.
3) AIDS Policy Center will videotape; we expect additional members of the
media to attend.
4) Please limit your remarks to 5 minutes. See attached sheet for talking
points.
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Tcl. (202) 785-3564
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TALKING POINTS
"I am proud to be here to help dedicate this new mural in honor of the
millions of people living with HIV around the globe and in the United
States."
"I solute the Congressional Black and Hispanic Caucuses for their vitally
important work on HIV and AIDS. I also want to thank Mildred
Williamson and David Harvey of the AIDS Policy Center for Children,
Youth & Families for organizing this event."
"We have much to do. Congress must expand its efforts to address the
epidemic in the United States and globally."
Add additional items if desired.
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Suite 201
Washington, DC 20006
Tel. (202) 785-3564
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ATTEND THE RALLY TO MARK
BLACK & HISPANIC CAUCUS HIV/AIDS INITIATIVES!
Dear Colleague:
We hope you will join us for an event that is being organized as part of Voices '99 - the annual
conference of AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families. The event is scheduled from
3:30-4:30 PM on Tuesday May 25, 1999 at the Capitol Triangle Constituents from throughout
the United States and members of the national media are expected to attend the event.
The purpose of the ceremony is to call attention to the rising rate of HIV infection in
communities of color in the United States and globally. During the ceremony, a mural reflecting
the Voices '99 theme, "renewing the commitment" will be dedicated by Xavier Cortada, a
nationally known artist from Miami, Florida.
As you know, fighting HIV and AIDS in communities of color in the United States and globally.
as well as increasing resources for minority-based AIDS initiatives, remains a high priority for
members of the Black and Hispanic Caucuses. We sincerely hope that you will be able to attend
the ceremony to lend your voice to the Congressional commitment to these efforts.
For more information and to RSVP, please contact Jeff Kullgren at AIDS Policy Center (202-
785-3564). Thank you.
Sincerely,
Babara Lee
Barbara Lec
Donna M. Christian-Christensen
Member of Congress
Member of Congress
PRINTH) IN WH YOU FATE
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Members of Congress to Speak at May 25 AIDS Ceremony on Capitol Hill
Contact: Jeff Kullgren of AIDS Policy Center, 202-962-4396
News Advisory:
White House Director of the Office of National AIDS Policy Sandy Thurman will unite with
Members of Congress and AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families at a rally to mark
HIV and AIDS initiatives. They will be calling for increased resources for minority-based AIDS
programs, including an increase in federal funding and a continued call for declaration of an
"AIDS state of emergency" in communities of color.
Keynote speakers include Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Delegate Donna Christian-
Christensen (D-VI). All Members of Congress have also been invited to deliver brief remarks.
Well-known artist Xavier Cortada will unveil a mural that was created at Voices '99 - the annual
conference of AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families.
Date: Tuesday, May 25, 1999
Time: 3:30 - 4:30 p.m.
Place: Capitol Triangle* (near the Southeast corner of the Capitol Building), Washington, D.C.
*In case of inclement weather, the event will be held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building,
Room 124.
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FACTS ABOUT HIV/AIDS
And Women, Children, Youth and Families
AIDS continues to decimate American families, neighborhoods and communities, despite a growing public
perception that the epidemic is "over." Rates of new HIV infections are believed to be particularly high among
women and youth.
WOMEN
The Centers for Disease Control estimates that about 52,000 women were living with AIDS at the end of
1997. Because of the seven to ten year delay between HIV infection and AIDS, the total number of women
living with HIV disease is much higher.
The proportion of new AIDS cases attributed to women tripled from 7% in 1985 to 23% in 1998.
AIDS is the leading cause of death among African American women ages 25-44.
As many as 120,000 American children will have lost their mothers to AIDS by the year 2000.
CHILDREN
Perinatal HIV transmission - transmission from mother to child - now accounts for virtually all new HIV
infections in children.
Through December 1998, perinatal HIV transmission resulted in approximately 7,700 cases of AIDS in
children. Children of color are disproportionately represented among these AIDS cases: 61% are African
American and 23% are Latino.
Between 1992 and 1996, perinatally acquired AIDS cases declined 43%, a result of the increasing use of the
drug zidovudine with HIV positive women and their infants. In 1997, this trend continued with a 30%
decline.
YOUTH
The HIV epidemic is increasingly young. It is estimated that at least one American teenager is infected with
HIV every hour of every day.
Through December 1998, approximately 28,000 Americans ages 13 to 24 had been diagnosed with AIDS.
Many more are infected with HIV.
Youth of color are over-represented among youth with AIDS. African Americans and Latinos account for
63% of AIDS cases among youth ages 20 to 24.
At especially high risk for HIV are young people of color, gay youth, and homeless and runaway youth.
AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families
918 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 201 Washington, DC 20006
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FEDERAL HIV/AIDS PROGRAMS: FY 2000 Funding Summary
(Numbers in Millions)
FEDERAL HIV/AIDS
FY 99
FY 2000
FY 2000
PROGRAM
Final
President's Request
Need
Centers for Disease Control and
$657.8
$667
$842
Prevention: HIV Prevention
(+$10)
(+$184.2)
Health Resources and Services
$1,411.6
$1.511
$1,720
Administration: Ryan White
(+$100)
(+$308.4)
CARE Act (total)
Title I
$505.2
$521
$625
(+$16)
(+$119.8)
Title II : Care Services
$277.3
$287
$332
(+$10)
(+$54.7)
Title II: AIDS Drug
$461
$496
$544
Assistance Program
(+$35)
(+$83)
Title III
$94.3
$130
$134
(+$36)
(+$39.7)
Title IV
$46
$48
$61
(+$2)
(+$15)
Title V: AIDS Education and
$20
$20
$25
Training Centers
(+$0)
(+$5)
Title V: Dental
$7.8
$8
$9
Reimbursement
(+$0.2)
(+$1.2)
National Institutes of Health:
$1,792.9
$1,833.8
HIV/AIDS Research
(+40.9) (+2.3%)
Substance Abuse and Mental Health
$1,585
$1,615
$1,885
Services Administration:
Substance Abuse Prevention &
(+$30)
(+$300)
Treatment Block Grant
Department of Housing and
$225
$240
TBA
Urban Development:
(+$15) (+6.6%)
Housing Opportunities for
People with AIDS
AIDS Policy Center for Children, Youth & Families
918 Sixteenth Street, NW, Suite 201
Washington, DC 20006
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History & Conference Mission
In 1994, AIDS Policy Center began a conference
AIDS Policy Center is deeply grateful for the
for both providers and consumers who wanted to
continued sponsorship of Children Affected by
work in partnership to learn more about HIV and
AIDS Foundation for Voices '99. This year, the
AIDS program and policy issues. The conference
Center is pleased to offer a clinical track organized
mission was unique in that it brought together care
by the National Pediatric & Family HIV Resource
providers, researchers, advocates, families and
Center. We are also pleased that the National
youth living with HIV and AIDS to work toward
Association of AIDS Education & Training
common goals. Participants attended from a
Centers will be present at Voices '99, and that the
network of programs funded under the
Pediatric AIDS Clinical Trial Group has
Pediatric/Family AIDS Demonstration Program,
contributed to our program. Last but not least, we
administered by the Maternal & Child Health
are grateful for the support extended by
Bureau. 1994 turned out to be a pivotal year in the
Determined Involved Super-rolemodels Helping to
history of this program. At the end of the confer-
End Suffering (DISHES) and Broadway
ence, participants took to the halls of Congress to
Cares/Equity Fights AIDS for underwriting our
advocate for the protection of the demonstration
reception and exhibit hall opening.
program within Title IV of the Ryan White CARE
Act and won!
MISSION
Since 1994, the annual conference has expanded to
focus on broad HIV/AIDS care, prevention and
The mission of Voices '99 is to create a forum for
research program and policy issues. Under the
active learning, networking and sharing of informa-
sponsorship of Children Affected by AIDS
tion between consumers, providers, administrators,
Foundation in 1998, AIDS Policy Center launched
policy-makers and advocates who are concerned
a new annual meeting format to rave reviews.
about the thousands of children, youth, women,
Titled VOICES, the format attempts to minimize
and families who are affected by HIV and AIDS.
barriers between consumers, providers, speakers
The objectives for Voices '99 includes providing
and other attendees through "talk show" and
clinical and treatment updates, sponsoring debates
debate formats so that everyone gets a chance to
on current public policy issues, and advocating for
express their views. In addition, for training and
the needs of our community.
orientation opportunities, pre-conference forums
were added for families and youth.
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Special Note:
VOICES '99 moves to Capitol Hill today! Meet in the hotel lobby at 8:00am for shuttle service to the Dirksen
Senate Office Building. All morning sessions will be held in the Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 124. If you
miss the shuttle service please refer to your Hill Visit packet for metro map directions.
Tuesday, May 25, 1999
7:30am-6:00pm
10:30am
Child Care Open (Pre-Registered Only)
Capitol Hill Teams Meet
8:00am
11:15am
Travel to Capitol Hill
Capitol Hill Appointments
Meet in lobby for shuttle service
3:30pm-5:30pm
8:30am
CLOSING PLENARY
AIDS POLICY CENTER TOWN HALL
Renewing the Commitment
MEETING
Location: Senate Dirksen Building, Room 124
This closing plenary will take place on the Capitol
Join the Board of Directors and staff of AIDS
grounds. Listen for details about the exact location
Policy Center for an interactive discussion about
of the event on Tuesday morning. Members of
the priorities for the policy and program work of
Congress will deliver remarks and we will dedicate
APC. Tell us what issues are most important to
the Voices '99 mural to people living with HIV and
you! From the Town Hall meeting to the Halls
AIDS. Attend and lend your voice to renewing the
of Congress your VOICES will be heard!
commitment!
Facilitators: Mildred Williamson, MSW, President
U.S. Delegate Donna M. Christian-Christensen
(D-VI)
Steven Tierney, Ed.D., Vice President
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus Health Brain Trust
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
9:30am
PLENARY: Raising our Voices in '99
U.S. Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA)
U.S. House of Representatives
Washington, D.C.
Byllye Avery
Founder, National Black Women's Health Project
Sandra Thurman
Cape Cod, MA
White House Office of
National AIDS Policy
U.S. Representative James Clyburn (D-SC)
Washington, D.C.
Chair, Congressional Black Caucus
U.S. House of Representatives
5:30pm
Washington, DC
Conference Adjourns
Dorothy Mann
Chair, APC Government Affairs Committee
Philadelphia, PA
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Roy E. Barnes
Robert S. Kahn
GOVERNOR
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May 20, 1999
Ms. Sandra L. Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
The White House
Washington, D.C. 20500
Dear Sandy:
Thank you for your recent letter. I also apologize for trading phone calls.
Things get hectic around here on a daily basis.
As to the request for discretionary funds submitted by the Georgia Law Center
on Homelessness and Poverty, I am pleased to tell you that we are approving
this request.
Please do not hesitate to call if I can be of assistance to you in the future.
Sincerely
Bolza Bobby Kahn
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May 26, 1999
Mr. Michael A. Diz
Five West Lawn
Charlottesville, Virginia 22903
Dear Michael:
Congratulations on your graduation from
the University of Virginia.
I am proud to commend you for having
reached this important milestone in your life.
I encourage you to act on your idealism, to
deepen your educational experiences, and to
maintain the courage of your convictions.
America needs your energy, creativity,
and determination. I applaud you for taking
responsibility for your future.
Hillary and I send you best wishes for
every continued success.
Sincerely,
BILL CLINTON
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Ms. Renuka H. Kher
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Troy, Michigan 48098
Dear Renuka:
Congratulations on your graduation from
Emory University.
I am proud to commend you for having
reached this important milestone in your life.
I encourage you to act on your idealism, to
deepen your educational experiences, and to
maintain the courage of your convictions.
America needs your energy, creativity,
and determination. I applaud you for taking
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Hillary and I send you best wishes for
every continued success.
Sincerely,
BILL CLINTON
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Dear Pat:
Thank you for acknowledging the outstanding contribution of Dr. Eric Goosby by presenting him
with the James R Harrison Award.
Eric's dedication and leadership on AIDS dates back to the chaotic days of the late 1980's at San
Francisco General Hospital. His outstanding medical care combined with extraordinary
compassion helped San Francisco General earn its reputation as the "model for HIV care" in the
nation. When we were writing the CARE Act, we used many of the components of that model as
a guide for national policy development.
Eric has brought the same dedication and commitment HIV/AIDS work in Washington. His
efforts at the Department of Health and Hurnan Services has quietly but effectively keep this
administration focused and committed to HIV issues.
In my experience, Eric has at times been the sole barrier between good decisions and bad. He
has consistently reminded his colleagues in the Administration, as well as in the medical
profession, that the advent of new drug therapies is an empty promise without adequate funding
to deliver them to the people who need them.
Eric's dedication to AIDS patients is obvious in his continuing medical practice at DC General
Hospital for AIDS patients who don't have primary or specialist care. I have not met a more
dedicated, focused, honest and earnest doctor. Eric has always put the patient first, whether it
was in caring for their clinical needs or advocating major policy positions. He hasn't always
won, but he keeps trying. That is what separates the involved from the committed.
Thank you again for acknowledging Eric's tremendous contribution in the fight against HIV and
AIDS.
Sincerely,
NANCY PELOSI
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Director, Offfice of HIV/AIDS Policy
Department of Health and Human Services
200 Independence Ave SW
Washington, DC 20201
Dear Dr. Goosby (?Eric),
I want to congratulate you on your selection to receive the SF AIDS Foundation's James R.
Harrison Award for lifetime achievement, recognizing your many years of dedicated service in
the battle against HIV/AIDS. During your leadership at the White House and currently as
Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Policy at HHS, your expertise has always been joined with
a deep understanding and compassion for the lives of each individual and family affected by
AIDS. I appreciate both your ongoing contributions, and the standard of excellence you
represent in the delivery of HIV/AIDS care.
Sincerely,
Memorandum for Sandra Thurman, Director and Todd Summers, Deputy Director
DATE:
May 2, 1999
FROM:
Rusty Bennett
CC:
Daniel Montoya, Executive Director
Cheryl Bauerle
Sara Holewinski
Renuka Kher
RE:
April 30, 1999, HUD Meeting with Members of HIV/AIDS Housing Community
1. The meeting began with introductions (See attached attendance sheet) and an update of HUD
Activities and its FY 2000 HOPWA budget given by Cardell Cooper, Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development, along with Fred Karnas, DAS, and David Vos,
Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Housing. Assistant Secretary Cooper emphasized the
continued collaboration between HUD and its community partners through continued
dialogue, by utilizing the skills of local Community Builders, and through HUD's Best
Practices Awards.
2. Assistant Secretary Cooper and other HUD staff entertained questions from the housing
community. Gina Quattrochi, Executive Director of Bailey House and President of the
National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC) outlined the following NAHC recommendations:
HOPWA Budget: Lobby Congress for $60 million increase to HOPWA for FY 2000
($500 million represents the true need). Oppose a decrease in program spending to
balance the budget.
HOPWA Formula Change: Continue to work with Congress to develop a mutually
beneficial solution to the HOPWA formula. NAHC supports a formula which:
accounts for persons living with HIV/AIDS;
accounts for need in rural and urban areas;
reflects need in high incidence areas;
does not decrease funding in areas that are currently being funded;
keeps 10 percent for HOPWA competitive
keeps 1 percent for HOPWA technical assistance
does not cap or create a threshold which will not allow jurisdictions in need to
obtain HOPWA formula funds.
NAHC will submit an official letter to HUD outlining their specific position on all
aspects of the formula change. It has been requested that upon receipt of the letter
from NAHC, a copy will be sent to this office.
Community Planning: NAHC is concerned about community planning not working
as HUD intends. Such problems identified are lack of comprehensive planning,
community partnerships, and failure to address issues such as homelessness, poverty,
loss of housing, and high rental markets.
Other Issues: The group asked HUD to consider: Removing renewals of Shelter Plus
Care within the Continuum of Care. HUD is currently addressing this issue. The
group informed HUD of the potential impact of welfare reform on individuals seeking
to qualify for HIV/AIDS housing. It is believed that if individuals do not qualify for
welfare assistance they will not meet the eligibility standards for HIV/AIDS housing.
3. Gail Williamson, Section 811: The group expressed their concerns that HUD was not doing
enough to strengthen the Section 811 projects. Also, the group asked about using drug
elimination money with Sec 811 projects. Gail responded that currently the statute does not
allow this money to be used with Sec. 811, but HUD is working to correct this problem.
4. Dr. Kim Hamlett, VA: Announced the conference, "Improving HIV Care and Prevention
Into the 21st Century: Integrated Care for the Multiply Diagnosed", hosted in collaboration
with the VA, HUD, HHS, Office of National AIDS Policy, and the Office of National Drug
Policy. The conference will be held in Washington DC, June 28-29 at the Omni Shoreham
Hotel.
5. Deputy Assistant Secretary Fred Karnas and Director David Vos:
Concluded the meeting by announcing the completion of this year's report to Congress. Fred
responded to concerns voiced by the group around the HOPWA formula changes suggesting
that any change could have tremendous impact of the program. Fred also highlighted HHS's
Policy on Ryan White CARE Act Transitional Housing stating the policy seems flexible and
community input has been positive. Fred concluded the meeting by reminding the group of
the June 2, 1999 deadline of HOPWA competitive applications.
Handouts:
1. Agenda and Draft HOPWA Formula Revisions
2. HIV/AIDS Bureau: Housing Policy - Final Draft (March 31, 1999); HHS Ryan White CARE
Act
3. Overview of 1999 HOPWA TA Competition
4. The Washington Blade, April 30, 1999: "House Members Call for AIDS Program Audit"
5. HOPWA Allocation Chart
6. CDC Surveillance Report; July 98 - June 98
7. Office of HIV/AIDS Housing, HUD Invitation letter
8. Conference Brochure: Improving HIV Care and Prevention Into the 21ˢᵗ Century: Integrated
Care for the Multiply Diagnosed
Attachment: Attendance Sheet
APRIL 30, 1999
HUD AND HIV/AIDS HOUSING COMMUNITY MEETING ATTENDEES
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
ORGANIZATION
PHONE
Argue
Douglas
The Damien Center
308-630-0125
Bennett
Rusty
HUD
202-708-1934
Carter
Cheryl
Metropolitan
614-291-7160
Residential Services
Clark
Stevem
Professional Dev.
309-674-2200
Group
Cooper
Lynne
Doorways
314-535-1919
Cross-Dvorak
Glenda
Bridges in
775-827-6788
consciousness
Cylar
Keith
Housing Works Inc.
212-966-3096
Davidson
Barbara
HUD
202-708-1934
Ford
Jerry
Gregory House Prog.
808-592-9022
Foster
Georgia
Think Life, Inc.
954-525-6169
Glassman
Linda
CARES, Inc.
518-489-2312
Hamlett
Kim
VA
202-273-8929
Harre
David
HUD
202-708-1934
Johnson
Colleen
AIDS Project LA
923-993-1351
Kelly
Marvin
Del Norte
303-477-4774
Neighborhood Dev.
Kyle
LaShawn
Women's Collective
202-265-6222
Nalls
Patricia
Women's Collective
202-483-7003
Nystrom
Cynthia
Mont. Co., MD
301-946-1054
Poindexter
Priscilla
HUD
202-708-1934
Quattrochi
Gina
Bailey House
212-633-2500
Reyes-Jimenez
Valerie
Housing Works
212-966-0466 x165
Roman
Nan
Natl. All to End
202-483-7003
Homelessness
Russell
Randy
AIDS Task Force of
205-324-9822
Alabama
Sullivan
Albert
NAPWA
773-854-4521
Warren
Barbara
Lesbian and Gay
212-620-7310
community Services
Center
Williamson
Gail
HUD
202-708-2866
Zinsmeyer
Sterling
Praxis Housing
212-293-8404
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH & HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
National Institutes of Health
MAY - 6 1999
Bethesda, Maryland 20892
Ms. Sandra Thurman
Director
Office of National AIDS Policy
The White House
736 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20503
Dear Ms. Thurman:
The global nature of the AIDS epidemic underscores the critical need to ensure that the
international HIV research effort is well-informed and coordinated. Toward that end, the
National Institutes of Health (NIH) is establishing the International AIDS Research
Collaborating Committee to (1) enhance and promote international collaboration in HIV
research; (2) develop a coordinated international HIV research effort, including biomedical,
behavioral, and social science studies; and (3) provide a forum for information exchange..
We invite you to serve as an ex officio member of this committee. The first meeting will be held
at the NIH campus on Thursday, May 13, 1999, from 2:00 until 3:30 p.m. in the Lawton
Chiles International House (Stone House/Building 16). At this initial meeting, we will
discuss the goals of the Collaborating Committee and how it can best serve its membership. In
addition, Dr. Keusch has agreed to describe his recent visit to China and his discussions with
scientists there. This will provide the opportunity to initiate our discussion of ongoing and
potential opportunities for AIDS research in China.
The Collaborating Committee will be co-chaired by the Directors of the Office of AIDS
Research and the Fogarty International Center. The membership will include representatives
from the NIH institutes with the most substantial international HIV research portfolios and a
representative from the NIH bioethics community. Ex Officio members will include
representatives of relevant DHHS offices and Op/Divs, other federal agencies and departments,
(such as the Department of Defense and U.S. Agency for International Development), the White
House Office of National AIDS Policy, the National Security Council, the Joint United Nations
Programme on HIV/AIDS, relevant UN agencies, the World Bank, and appropriate international
organizations. A list of proposed members is attached.
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We hope that you will be able to participate on this committee. In addition, for this and future
meetings, you should feel free to have appropriate staff accompany or represent you. Please
advise Ms. Linda Reck in the Office of AIDS Research of your participation on this committee.
She may be reached at 402-8655 or by email at [email protected].
We look forward to seeing you or your representative at the meeting and to our productive efforts
together.
NEED NATANSON
Neal Nathanson, M.D.
Gerald R. Keusch, M.D.
Attachment
International AIDS Research Collaborating Committee
Co-Chairs
Director, Office of AIDS Research
Director, Fogarty International Center
Members
Director, National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
Director, National Cancer Institute
Director, National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse
Director, National Institute of Mental Health
Director, Office of Protection from Research Risks
Director, Vaccine Research Center
Ex Officio Members
Office of International Affairs, DHHS
Office of HIV/AIDS Policy, DHHS
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, DHHS
Food and Drug Administration, DHHS
Department of Defense
U.S. Agency for International Development
U.S. Census Bureau
National Security Council
Office of National AIDS Policy
Office of Science and Technology Policy
World Bank
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Dear Mr. President:
I write this letter to request a meeting with you to discuss the global threat of HIV/AIDS
and the AIDS Marshall Plan for Africa (AMPFA). I have become very active in the
effort to provide treatment and care to HIV/AIDS victims throughout the world I now
chair the Constituency for Africa (CFA), and serve on the board of directors for AIDS
Action.
As you know, since my retirement from Congress I have been very active in seeking
solutions and answers to combat the growing pandemic of HIV/AIDS. I have tried
repeatedly to meet and share information with members of your Administration regarding
the worsening situation caused by HIV/AIDS in Africa. Needless to say, I am both
frustrated and surprised by the lack of follow through and access to key members of your
Administration
I am certain that you are aware of the problems caused by the global spread of HIV/AIDS
and how its exponential growth threatens the security of the world. According to
UNAIDS, there are currently 7.8 million orphans on the continent of Africa because of
HIV/AIDS. That number could expand to 40 million by 2010. Additionally, 11.5 million
people have died in sub-Saharan Africa, and 22.5 million will die in the next decade if
measures are not developed to slow the spread of the virus.
The above statistics only begin to give you an idea of the extent of the problem caused by
HIV/AIDS throughout the developing world. Since October of last year, I have met with
several ministers of health from various African countries regarding the problems and
solutions for the HIV pandemic. I have shared with them my intention to bring this
matter to the attention of the American government. As a result, I have met with the
Congressional Black Cancus (CBC) and they have endorsed the concept of the AMPFA.
The CBC has tasked Congresswoman Barbara Lee to draft and introduce legislation that
will embody the concept of AMPFA
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You should also know that there is considerable interest in the AMPFA in Africa and
throughout the world I am certain that OUI discussion is vital and that you will agree that
we are pursuing a solution that is worthy of your support. Ms. Sandra Thurman, Director
of National AIDS Policy, is familiar with the AMPFA and has provided me with valuable
insight and information
Mr. President, the problems caused by HIV/AIDS throughout the world deserves and
need the attention of America. We cannot be witnesses to a situation that will kill more
people than all world wars combined and will cause severe devastation to the human
family. We have a responsibility to prevent another holocaust and therefore, I seek your
prompt attention and reply to my request for a meeting.
Please call me directly or contact Charles Stephenson or Ann Brown, of my staff, at 202-
857-3290 to arrange for a meeting at your earliest convenience.
Sincerely,
Ronald V. Dellums
Chair
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MR Sweeney will not be GOING ON AFRICa trip
however Juliette Lenoin will.
Following is copy of Recent Juliette le HER to
Dept of Labor Re the AFRICE trip and 2 copy of are of
the pages sent to DOL for Sec Hermans briefine book
Have a GReAt trip!
Tom
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Mr. MacArthur DeShazer,
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Unites States Department of Labor
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Washington, D.C. 20210
Dear Mr. DeShazer:
VIA MESSENGER
Thank you for your gracious understanding during our meeting last week. We hope that the materials we
shared have been of use to you in compiling background for the Secretary's upcoming trip to Africa. As we
indicated during the meeting, we welcome the opportunity to contribute to the success of that trip, and to help
facilitate the Secretary's goals for her remaining tenure.
As you will see from these additional enclosures, we sought to enhance the package delivered on Wednesday
with the addition of materials on the Solidarity Center's programmatic focus in Ghana, a copy of the
communication from President Sweeney to Reverend Leon Sullivan regarding the draft Global Principles
and selected material on HIV/AIDS.
On a programmatic note, Sandra Thurman, President Clinton's director of the National Office on AIDS
Policy, has been a staunch champion of the devolution of HIV/AIDS education, including through work
place-based trade union programs. In particular, she created space for a work place-based HIV/AIDS
education program involving the South African Federations and other community-based organizations. This
soon-to-be-initiated program will educate workers (and their communities) through their unions, making
use of print and electronic media. the local health care system and other out reach opportunities including
youth groups. For your information, there is no more active and vocal supporter of HIV/AIDS education and
advocacy/outreach programs in Africa than Ms. Thurman.
As always, should you require additional information, please contact us.
Julutte Sincerely, Denour
Juliette D. Lenoir
Assistant Director
International Affairs Department
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many FROM briefinaterizls sent to From ecHerman AFL-CIO
"AIDS is not an epidemic of a few. This is an epidemic of us all. Hundreds of thousands of
Americans have already lost their lives to AIDS. It has stolen some of our brightest and most
talented friends and family members in the prime of their lives. And beyond our borders, millions
of people struggle against the odds to live long enough to reap the benefits of a cure. We are deeply
aware of the responsibility this Administration has to all Americans who are living with AIDS, and
to those around the world who turn to us for leadership and hope."
Sandra Thurman, Director
White House Office of National AIDS Policy
Over the past two decades the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has spread silently throughout
the world, profoundly affecting the lives of men and women, their families, communities and the
world. HIV has not respected international boundaries or spared the elite. By the time that
researchers understood how HIV spreads. how it can be prevented, and the behaviors that put people
at risk, HIV had already infected millions of adults in the industrial and developing world. In the
hardest-hit countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, poverty, illiteracy, poor health, low status of women,
and political instability fueled its spread. By the time East African health authorities identified the
mysterious "slim" disease as AIDS in the early 1980s, HIV had already widely infected those with
the riskiest behavior and had a firm foothold in the general population. No country in Africa has
escaped the virus, and yet some are far worse affected than others. The bulk of new infections
continue to be concentrated in East Africa and especially in the southern part of the continent.
In Botswana, Namibia, Swaziland and Zimbabwe, current estimates show that over one person in
five between the ages of 15 and 49 is living with HIV or AIDS. Research is under way to explain
differences between epidemics in various countries. Factors that may play a role include patterns of
sexual networking, levels of condom use with different partners, and promptness in diagnosing and
curing other sexually transmitted diseases (which if left untreated can magnify the risk of HIV
transmission through sex as much as 20-fold).
People continue to be at risk for HIV throughout their sexually active lives, and all should benefit
from services and information that allow them to reduce their risk of infection. However, efforts to
promote safer behavior are especially crucial for young people, who in mature epidemics are those
at greatest risk. Prevention efforts also seem to have a greater chance of success among younger
people than among people whose sexual habits are well ingrained. However, deteriorating economic
conditions, traditional customs and taboos, including ingrained and socially restrictive attitudes
toward women and girl children, limited participatory democratic practices and inordinate
governmental fear of strong trade unions as partners in socio-economic development, exacerbate the
effect of the epidemic. AIDS is clearly taking an immense and growing human toll. The disease
is catastrophic for the millions of people who become infected, get sick, and, in stark contrast to the
recent hopeful news of treatment breakthroughs, die. It is also a tragedy for their families, who, in
addition to suffering profound emotional loss, may be impoverished as a result of the disease.
Because AIDS kills mostly prime-age adults, it increases the number of children who lose one or
both parents; some of these orphans suffer permanent consequences, due to poor nutrition or
withdrawal from school. Numbers cannot begin to capture the suffering caused by the disease. Each
infection is a personal tragedy for the nearly 30 million people who have contracted HIV -- for their
Memorandum for Sandra Thurman, Director and Todd Summers, Deputy Director
DATE:
May 2, 1999
FROM:
Rusty Bennett
CC:
Daniel Montoya, Executive Director
Cheryl Bauerle
Sara Holewinski
Renuka Kher
RE:
April 30, 1999, HUD Meeting with Members of HIV/AIDS Housing Community
1. The meeting began with introductions (See attached attendance sheet) and an update of HUD
Activities and its FY 2000 HOPWA budget given by Cardell Cooper, Assistant Secretary for
Community Planning and Development, along with Fred Karnas, DAS, and David Vos,
Director of the Office of HIV/AIDS Housing. Assistant Secretary Cooper emphasized the
continued collaboration between HUD and its community partners through continued
dialogue, by utilizing the skills of local Community Builders, and through HUD's Best
Practices Awards.
2. Assistant Secretary Cooper and other HUD staff entertained questions from the housing
community. Gina Quattrochi, Executive Director of Bailey House and President of the
National AIDS Housing Coalition (NAHC) outlined the following NAHC recommendations:
HOPWA Budget: Lobby Congress for $60 million increase to HOPWA for FY 2000
($500 million represents the true need). Oppose a decrease in program spending to
balance the budget.
HOPWA Formula Change: Continue to work with Congress to develop a mutually
beneficial solution to the HOPWA formula. NAHC supports a formula which:
accounts for persons living with HIV/AIDS;
accounts for need in rural and urban areas;
reflects need in high incidence areas;
does not decrease funding in areas that are currently being funded;
keeps 10 percent for HOPWA competitive
keeps 1 percent for HOPWA technical assistance
does not cap or create a threshold which will not allow jurisdictions in need to
obtain HOPWA formula funds.
NAHC will submit an official letter to HUD outlining their specific position on all
aspects of the formula change. It has been requested that upon receipt of the letter
from NAHC, a copy will be sent to this office.
Community Planning: NAHC is concerned about community planning not working
as HUD intends. Such problems identified are lack of comprehensive planning,
community partnerships, and failure to address issues such as homelessness, poverty,
loss of housing, and high rental markets.
Other Issues: The group asked HUD to consider: Removing renewals of Shelter Plus
Care within the Continuum of Care. HUD is currently addressing this issue. The
group informed HUD of the potential impact of welfare reform on individuals seeking
to qualify for HIV/AIDS housing. It is believed that if individuals do not qualify for
welfare assistance they will not meet the eligibility standards for HIV/AIDS housing.
3. Gail Williamson, Section 811: The group expressed their concerns that HUD was not doing
enough to strengthen the Section 811 projects. Also, the group asked about using drug
elimination money with Sec 811 projects. Gail responded that currently the statute does not
allow this money to be used with Sec. 811, but HUD is working to correct this problem.
4. Dr. Kim Hamlett, VA: Announced the conference, "Improving HIV Care and Prevention
Into the 21st Century: Integrated Care for the Multiply Diagnosed", hosted in collaboration
with the VA, HUD, HHS, Office of National AIDS Policy, and the Office of National Drug
Policy. The conference will be held in Washington DC, June 28-29 at the Omni Shoreham
Hotel.
5. Deputy Assistant Secretary Fred Karnas and Director David Vos:
Concluded the meeting by announcing the completion of this year's report to Congress. Fred
responded to concerns voiced by the group around the HOPWA formula changes suggesting
that any change could have tremendous impact of the program. Fred also highlighted HHS's
Policy on Ryan White CARE Act Transitional Housing stating the policy seems flexible and
community input has been positive. Fred concluded the meeting by reminding the group of
the June 2, 1999 deadline of HOPWA competitive applications.
Handouts:
1. Agenda and Draft HOPWA Formula Revisions
2. HIV/AIDS Bureau: Housing Policy - Final Draft (March 31, 1999); HHS Ryan White CARE
Act
3. Overview of 1999 HOPWA TA Competition
4. The Washington Blade, April 30, 1999: "House Members Call for AIDS Program Audit"
5. HOPWA Allocation Chart
6. CDC Surveillance Report; July 98 - June 98
7. Office of HIV/AIDS Housing, HUD Invitation letter
8. Conference Brochure: Improving HIV Care and Prevention Into the 21st Century: Integrated
Care for the Multiply Diagnosed
Attachment: Attendance Sheet
AGENDA
Meeting with
Cardell Cooper, Assistant Secretary for Community
Planning and Development, and
Members of the HIV/AIDS Housing Community
April 30, 1999
1:00 p.m. - 3:00 p.m.
1.
Introductions
2.
Update on HUD Activities FY2000 HOPWA budget issues
Q & A
3.
Potential revisions to the HOPWA formula
Q & A
4.
Other Matters, including:
A. HHS policy on transitional housing activities under Ryan White CARE Act
B. 1999 Super NOFA competitions (HOPWA, HOPWA-TA, Continuum of Care, etc)
C. Veterans' Affairs HIV Care conference on homeless veterans
D. Disparity in access to programs in racial and ethnic minority communities
E. HOPWA TA at the National Grantees Meeting in Baltimore, NMAC conference,
PD&R evaluation, etc.
Q & A
Test J - New HOPWA Formula Provisions:
DRAFT
(i) use the proposed FY2000 appropriation level ($213.8 million formula out of $240
million);
(ii) give grantees the higher of:
an amount if 80% of formula is based on PLWA cases (weighted 5 year CDC
data); or
the grantee's Hold Harmless number (which is the average of their FY98+ FY99
grants);
(iii) use a prorated adjustment. These amounts are fitted into the amount available to be
allocated with a prorated adjustment (downward, if the sum of the highest amounts
total are in excess of the allocation; or upwards, if this sum is less than the amount
available).
(iv) allow the hold harmless to phase-out over three years.
e.g. after the new formula is used in Year 1 (FY2000), in subsequent years, the
allocation could be adjusted so that 90 percent is allocated under the PLWA
estimate in Year 2 (FY2001), and 100 percent is allocated in Year 3 (FY2002),
and in Year 4 (FY2003), no hold harmless adjustment would be made.
DRAFT
HIV/AIDS BUREAU
Housing Policy - Final Draft (March 31, 1999)
The following policy establishes guidelines for allowable housing-related expenditures under the
Ryan White CARE Act. The purpose of all Ryan White Act funds is to ensure that eligible HIV-
infected persons and families maintain access to medical care.
A. Funds received under the Ryan White CARE Act (Title XXVI of the Public Health Service
Act) may be used for the following housing expenditures:
I.
Housing referral services; defined as assessment, search, placement, and advocacy
services), must be provided by case managers or other professionals who possess a
comprehensive knowledge of local, State, and Federal housing programs and how they
can be accessed; or
II.
Short-term, transitional or emergency housing; defined as necessary to gain or maintain
access to medical care, must be related to either:
a.
housing services that include some type of medical or supportive service:
including, but not limited to, residential substance abuse or mental health services
(not including facilities classified as a Institute of Mental Diseases under
Medicaid), residential foster care, and assisted living residential services; or
b.
housing services that do not provide direct medical or supportive services but are
essential for an individual or family to gain or maintain access and compliance
with HIV-related medical care and treatment. Necessity of housing service for
purposes of medical care must be certified or documented.
B. Short-term, transitional or emergency assistance is understood as transitional in nature and for
purposes of moving or maintaining an individual or family in a long-term, stable living situation.
Thus, such assistance cannot be permanent and must be accompanied by a strategy to identify,
relocate, and/or ensure the individual or family is moved to, or capable of maintaining, a long-
term, stable living situation.
C. Housing funds cannot be in the form of direct cash payments to recipients for services and
cannot be used for mortgage payments.
D. The Ryan White CARE Act must be the payer of last resort. In addition, funds received
under the Ryan White CARE Act must be used to supplement but not supplant funds currently
being used from local, State, and Federal agency programs. Grantees must be capable of
providing the HIV/AIDS Bureau with documentation related to the use of funds as payer of last
resort and the coordination of such funds with other local, State, and Federal funds.
E. Ryan White CARE Act housing-related expenses are limited to Title I, II, and IV and are not
an allowable expense for Titles III.
Overview of the 1999 HOPWA TA Competition
SuperNOFA for HUD Grant Programs
U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
The Super Notice of Funding Availability for HUD's Housing, Community Development and
Empowerment Programs (SuperNOFA) for $2.4 billion, published 2-26-99, includes funds for
national technical assistance (TA) projects for the 1999 Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
(HOPWA) program. HOPWA TA applications will compete in a separate competition under the
Community Development Technical Assistance section, as follows:
Applications: The HOPWA TA application is included in the Community Development-TA
application kit and the SuperNOFA User Guide are available from the SuperNOFA Information Center
1-800-HUD-8929 or 1-800-483-2209 TTY and information on this notice is on the internet at
www.hud.gov/fundsavl.html.
Due Date: Midnight, Wednesday, May 26, 1999. Applicants should send their original application
and one copy to HUD Headquarters (Room 7251) by hand delivery or mail.
Funds: up to $2.25 million. HUD will ensure that at least $300,000 is designated for each of the
four national HOPWA TA goals.
National TA Goals: Activities are carried out on a national or regional basis (e.g. serving a multi-
state area). Applicants should address the four national HOPWA TA goals: (a) Comprehensive
Strategies for HIV/AIDS Housing; (b) Sound Management of HOPWA Programs; (c) Use of
HUD Information Management Tools; and (d) National HOPWA Information.
Definition of TA. HOPWA technical assistance shall mean the transfer to HOPWA grantees and
project sponsors and potential recipients of program funds, the skills and knowledge needed to
develop, operate and support HOPWA-eligible projects and activities. The application should
emphasize how activities will advise and train communities and project sponsors in undertaking
program planning, community consultations, housing development and operations, coordination with
related health-care and other supportive services, and evaluation and reporting on performance.
Description of TA Goals: Applicants should address the national HOPWA TA goals of:
(a) Comprehensive Strategies for HIV/AIDS Housing. HOPWA TA funds can be used to
advise and train communities in: undertaking community-based needs assessments of the housing
needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families; drafting comprehensive multiple-year
HIV/AIDS housing plans; undertaking community-wide consultations, including consulting with
potential clients, providers of HIV/AIDS housing and/or services, and local, State and Federal
agencies that administer HIV/AIDS-related programs, including programs funded under the Ryan
White CARE Act, and programs that address serious mental illness, chronic alcohol and other drug
abuse issues, and homelessness; integrating HIV/AIDS housing efforts within the area's consolidated
planning processes: and collaborating with the area's Continuum of Care Homeless Assistance
processes in assisting persons with HIV/AIDS who are homeless. Technical assistance also may be
used to train communities in how to best target assistance to traditionally underserved subpopulations
in developing community-based needs assessments and may build capacity for State-wide,
Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
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Competition Overview
Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD
February 26, 1999
metropolitan, non-metropolitan and/or rural areas in development of area multi-year HIV and AIDS
housing plans. You also could provide TA to HOPWA formula grantees that are new recipients of
formula allocations or that are designated by HUD as prospective recipients in future allocations to
promote the planning and startup for the use of funds.
(b) Sound Management of HOPWA Programs. HOPWA TA funds can be used to help ensure
that grantees and project sponsors use funds in a manner that upholds the public trust in the
operation of programs, including: advising on management practices to provide responsive, efficient
and cost effective facility and program operations; advising on fiscal management to ensure
accountability in the use of funds; advising on the coordination of housing with health-care and other
related supportive services for eligible persons; assisting in developing collaborations with local,
State and Federal agencies that administer HIV/AIDS-related programs, including programs funded
under the Ryan White CARE Act; advising on data collection and evaluation of programs; providing
program handbooks, guidance materials, audio/visual products, training, and other activities to
promote good management practices.
(c) Use of HUD Information Management Tools. HOPWA TA funds may be used to assist
grantees, project sponsors and other organizations involved in HIV/AIDS plans in using the
Department's information technology, financial systems and information management systems for
developing, operating and reporting on program activities. Applications should address how TA
activities will support the use of the Department's Consolidated Planning Process, Integrated
Disbursement and Information System (IDIS), the use of HOPWA Annual Progress Reports, the
Grants Management System, the LOCCS/HUDCAPS and other HUD information collection or
financial management tools. The use of these management tools will help to ensure that your
performance is measured under the HOPWA national performance goals, established in the
Department's Annual Performance Plan. You should address plans for conducting grantee and
sponsor workshops, developing training materials, developing or adapting software for program
activities and goals, and sponsoring conferences of grantees and sponsors.
(d) National HOPWA Information. HOPWA TA funds may be used to establish a component
to support HIV/AIDS housing discussions, panels, presentations, information, exhibit booths, and
other training materials at national, regional, state-wide and local meetings of organizations that are
involved in housing, community development, health-care and supportive services, veterans affairs
and other human service efforts. The component should help promote understanding on HIV/AIDS
housing issues and needs of persons living with HIV/AIDS, and offer training on developing and
accessing HIV/AIDS housing and related services. A research and information services component
of this effort should include the development of information on HIV/AIDS housing and activities
supported under HOPWA grants which will be published for national distribution, including
disseminating information on the success and lessons learned by the HOPWA Special Projects of
National Significance and Long-term grants in non-formula areas that have been awarded in the
HOPWA national competitions. This component should emphasize the collection and dissemination
of information on the "best practices" of HUD grantees that should serve as a basis for peer support,
technical assistance, and program improvement or address emerging and unresolved issues in
assisting persons living with HIV/AIDS and their families.
Funding for HOPWA Project Grants. The SuperNOFA also makes up to $22,275,000 available for HOPWA
projects under a separate competition, for: (1) Special Projects of National Significance, and (2) Projects that
are part of Long-Term Comprehensive Strategies for providing housing and related services submitted by states
and local governments for areas that do not qualify for HOPWA 1999 formula allocations.
Other Funding Resources: Information on other HUD programs and the 1999 HOPWA formula allocations
of $200.475 million to 63 eligible cities and 34 States is found at: http://www.hud.gov/cpd/cpdalloc.html.
For More Information: Call the Community Connections Information Center at 1-800-998-9999 or 1-800-
483-2209 (TTY) or contact by internet at http://www.comcon.org/ccprog.html to answer your questions.
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Competition Overview
Office of Community Planning and Development, HUD
February 26, 1999
HOUSE MEMBERS CALL FOR
whether an audit should be requested
AIDS PROGRAM AUDIT: U.S.
after Petrelis launched a national media
House Majority Leader Dick Armey
campaign opposing what Petrelis called
(R-Texas) joined Reps. Tom Coburn
unreasonably high salaries for the direc-
(R-Okla.) and Tom Bliley (R-Va.) on
tors of AIDS service providing groups
April 30, 1999 THE WASHINGTON BLADE 27
April 20 in requesting that the U.S.
in several cities, including San
General Accounting Office conduct a
Francisco and D.C.
"performance audit and evaluation of
"There has been numerous examples
all federal AIDS/HIV programs and
of abuse of AIDS dollars," Petrelis said.
services."
"In some cases, the heads of AIDS
Noting that the federal government
groups make more money than their
spends nearly $9 billion on federal
local mayors."
AIDS programs, Coburn said he has
Among those who announced sup-
learned of "too
port for Coburn's
many instances"
call for the GAO
where federal
audit are the
AIDS funds have
national Gay
been misused.
group Log Cabin
Among the exam-
Republicans and
ples he cited was
longtime D.C.
one in which
AIDS activist
someone associ-
Wayne Turner of
ated with Puerto
A
C
T
Rico Gov. Padro
UP/Washington,
Rossello alleged-
D.C. Turner and
Capitol Hill Update
ly diverted more
Jim Driscoll, Log
than $2 million in
Cabin's national
federal
AIDS
AIDS
policy
funds
to
adviser, said that,
Rossello's re-
while they dis-
election cam-
agree with some
paign as well as
of Coburn's posi-
other campaigns.
by Clint Steib
tions such as
He also cited an
Rep. Tom Coburn (R-Okla.) said he has
mandatory HIV
instance in which
learned of "too many instances" of mis-
ued federal AIDS funds.
reporting, they
the head of a
feel an audit of
North Carolina HIV and drug preven-
federal AIDS programs has been long
tion program allegedly embezzled
overdue.
funds from that program by writing
"Everyone knows of cases where
checks to himself. In other instances,
funds have been misused," Turner said.
Coburn said, local AIDS groups used
"This will benefit the community."
federal funds to "condone illegal drug
- Lou Chibbaro Jr.
use."
Cobum and Armey have opposed
HHS RELEASES $700 MILLION
Gay civil rights on a number of fronts.
TO STATES FOR AIDS PRO-
AIDS activists criticized Cobum last
GRAMS: The U.S. Department of
year when he proposed an omnibus bill
Health and Human Services on April 6
calling for mandatory name reporting
announced the dispersal of $710 million
for people who test positive for HIV
in federal funds for state AIDS pro-
and for withholding federal funds to
grams. Of that, $461 million is ear-
states that do not adopt such reporting
marked to help people with low
programs.
incomes to purchase AIDS medications.
The AIDS Action Council, a nation-
"These grants reaffirm the Clinton
al group that represents AIDS service
administration's commitment to pro-
providers such as D.C.'s Whitman-
vide vital HIV/AIDS health care to
Walker Clinic, criticized the request by
communities most in need," HHS
the three House members for such an
Secretary Donna Shalala said in a state-
audit but stopped short of opposing it.
ment announcing the dispersal.
"This call for an audit by Congress's
The grants are part of the funds allo-
leading opponents of a fair and effec-
cated by Congress this fiscal year for
tive national fight is nothing less than a
the Ryan White CARE Act, under
politically motivated attempt to raise
which federal AIDS funds given to
doubts about the fight against AIDS
states are budgeted. The grants are dis-
and the community-based service orga-
persed in April each year.
nizations leading that fight," said
The 1990 CARE Act is up for re-
Daniel Zingale, AIDS Action's execu-
approval this congressional session, as
tive director. "If an audit is undertaken,
the original act created a 10-year pro-
we expect the General Accounting
gram. According to HHS, Congress has
Office will conduct it fairly, equitably
appropriated almost $6.4 billion dollars
and free of the political influences of
under the CARE Act since 1991. The
those who are beginning this process."
money is divided between states, in
San Francisco AIDS activist Michael
part, according to how many AIDS
Petrelis said Coburn's office contacted
cases each reports.
him last vear for suggestions about
- Kai Wright
SHARE OF HOPWA ALLOCATION (FY98, FY99, AND AVERAGE)
ACTUAL
AVERAGE
ACTUAL FY 99
NAME
FY98
PERCENT
PERCENT
FY98 & FY99
PERCENT
$(000)
$(000)
$(000)
Balance of Alabama
1,042
0.6%
796
0.4%
796
0.4%
BIRMINGHAM, AL
0
0.0%
365
0.2%
365
0.2%
Balance of Arkansas
506
0.3%
552
0.3%
529
0.3%
Balance of Arizona
0
0.0%
366
0.2%
366
0.2%
PHOENIX, AZ
865
0.5%
923
0.5%
894
0.5%
Balance of California
2,288
1.2%
2,427
1.2%
2,358
1.2%
LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH, CA
10,144
5.5%
8,769
4.4%
9,457
4.9%
OAKLAND, CA
1,591
0.9%
1,670
0.8%
1,631
0.8%
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
1,086
0.6%
1,143
0.6%
1,115
0.6%
RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO, CA
1,276
0.7%
1,372
0.7%
1,324
0.7%
SACRAMENTO, CA
613
0.3%
656
0.3%
635
0.3%
SAN DIEGO, CA
2,092
1.1%
2,168
1.1%
2,130
1.1%
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
8,528
4.6%
8,510
4.2%
8,519
4.4%
SAN JOSE, CA
620
0.3%
649
0.3%
635
0.3%
DENVER, CO
1,117
0.6%
1,164
0.6%
1,141
0.6%
Balance of Connecticut
834
0.5%
920
0.5%
877
0.5%
HARTFORD, CT MSA
743
0.4%
1,413
0.7%
1,078
0.6%
NEW HAVEN-MERIDEN, CT PMSA
724
0.4%
1,214
0.6%
969
0.5%
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV
5,747
3.1%
6,475
3.2%
6,111
3.2%
Balance of Delaware
434
0.2%
113
0.1%
113
0.1%
WILMINGTON, DE-MD
0
0.0%
485
0.2%
485
0.3%
Balance of Florida
2,920
1.6%
3,164
1.6%
3,042
1.6%
FT LAUDERDALE-HLLYWD-POMP.BCH FL
4,327
2.4%
4,186
2.1%
4,257
2.2%
JACKSONVILLE, FL
839
0.5%
983
0.5%
911
0.5%
MIAMI-HIALEAH, FL
7,732
4.2%
8,418
4.2%
8,075
4.2%
ORLANDO, FL
1,058
0:6%
1,753
0.9%
1,406
0.7%
TAMPA-ST. PETE.-CLEARWATER, FL
1,541
0.8%
1,661
0.8%
1,601
0.8%
W.PALM BCH-B.RATN-DELRAY BCH, FL
2,490
1.4%
2,635
1.3%
2,563
1.3%
ATLANTA, GA
3,889
2.1%
3,407
1.7%
3,648
1.9%
Balance of Georgia
1,194
0.7%
1,297
0.6%
1,246
0.6%
Balance of Hawaii
477
0.3%
132
0.1%
132
0.1%
HONOLULU, HI
0
0.0%
364
0.2%
364
0.2%
Balance of Illinois
489
0.3%
534
0.3%
512
0.3%
CHICAGO, IL
3,900
2.1%
4,219
2.1%
4,060
2.1%
Balance of Indiana
577
0.3%
636
0.3%
607
0.3%
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
537
0.3%
579
0.3%
558
0.3%
Balance of Kentucky
485
0.3%
561
0.3%
523
0.3%
Balance of Louisiana
950
0.5%
1,063
0.5%
1,007
0.5%
NEW ORLEANS, LA
1,888
1.0%
2,031
1.0%
1,960
1.0%
Balance of Massachusetts
1,055
0.6%
1,111
0.6%
1,083
0.6%
BOSTON, MA-NH PMSA
1,814
1.0%
1,890
0.9%
1,852
1.0%
BALTIMORE, MD
4,414
2.4%
4,689
2.3%
4,552
2.4%
Balance of Michigan
618
0.3%
677
0.3%
648
0.3%
Balance of Minnesota
0
0.0%
92
0.0%
92
0.0%
DETROIT, MI
1,409
0.8%
1,526
0.8%
1,468
0.8%
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI
640
0.3%
670
0.3%
655
0.3%
Balance of Missouri
368
0.2%
396
0.2%
382
0.2%
KANSAS CITY, MO-KS
778
0.4%
813
0.4%
796
0.4%
ST. LOUIS, MO-IL
888
0.5%
944
0.5%
916
0.5%
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SHARE OF HOPWA ALLOCATION (FY98, FY99, AND AVERAGE)
ACTUAL
AVERAGE
ACTUAL FY 99
NAME
FY98
PERCENT
PERCENT
FY98 & FY99
PERCENT
$(000)
$(000)
$(000)
Balance of Mississippi
692
0.4%
769
0.4%
731
0.4%
Balance of North Carolina
1,092
0.6%
1,212
0.6%
1,152
0.6%
CHARLOTTE-GAST.-ROCK HILL, NC-SC
361
0.2%
397
0.2%
379
0.2%
RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC
360
0.2%
386
0.2%
373
0.2%
Balance of New Jersey
765
0.4%
813
0.4%
789
0.4%
BERGEN-PASSAIC, NJ
1,210
0.7%
1,160
0.6%
1,185
0.6%
JERSEY CITY, NJ
2,464
1.3%
2,271
1.1%
2,368
1.2%
MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON, NJ
632
0.3%
671
0.3%
652
0.3%
MONMOUTH-OCEAN, NJ
565
0.3%
595
0.3%
580
0.3%
NEWARK, NJ
5,604
3.1%
5,777
2.9%
5,691
2.9%
Entire State of New Mexico
0
0.0%
391
0.2%
391
0.2%
Balance of Nevada
0
0.0%
190
0.1%
190
0.1%
LAS VEGAS, NV
598
0.3%
1,308
0.7%
953
0.5%
Balance of New York
2,102
1.1%
2,218
1.1%
2,218
1.1%
BUFFALO, NY
0
0.0%
352
0.2%
352
0.2%
NASSAU-SUFFOLK, NY
1,245
0.7%
1,362
0.7%
1,304
0.7%
NEW YORK, NY
44,493
24.2%
48,668
24.3%
46,581
24.1%
ROCHESTER, NY
398
0.2%
542
0.3%
470
0.2%
Balance of Ohio
760
0.4%
822
0.4%
791
0.4%
CINCINNATI, OH-KY-IN
360
0.2%
395
0.2%
378
0.2%
CLEVELAND, OH
618
0.3%
670
0.3%
644
0.3%
COLUMBUS, OH
438
0.2%
458
0.2%
448
0.2%
Entire State of Oklahoma
666
0.4%
723
0.4%
695
0.4%
PORTLAND, OR
766
0.4%
803
0.4%
785
0.4%
PHILADELPHIA, PA-NJ
3,256
1.8%
4,045
2.0%
3,651
1.9%
PITTSBURGH, PA
463
0.3%
491
0.2%
477
0.2%
Balance of Pennsylvania
1,020
0.6%
1,135
0.6%
1,078
0.6%
Balance of Puerto Rico
1,686
0.9%
1,841
0.9%
1,764
0.9%
SAN JUAN, PR
4,917
2.7%
5,891
2.9%
5,404
2.8%
PROVIDENCE-FALL RIV-WARWICK,RI-
393
0.2%
424
0.2%
409
0.2%
Balance of South Carolina
1,504
0.8%
1,657
0.8%
1,581
0.8%
Balance of Tennessee
476
0.3%
525
0.3%
501
0.3%
MEMPHIS, TN-AR-MS
485
0.3%
538
0.3%
512
0.3%
NASHVILLE, TN
427
0.2%
479
0.2%
453
0.2%
AUSTIN, TX
711
0.4%
767
0.4%
739
0.4%
Balance of Texas
1,853
1.0%
2,086
1.0%
1,970
1.0%
DALLAS, TX
2,340
1.3%
2,505
1.2%
2,423
1.3%
FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON, TX
590
0.3%
655
0.3%
623
0.3%
HOUSTON, TX
5,107
2.8%
6,466
3.2%
5,787
3.0%
SAN ANTONIO, TX
741
0.4%
805
0.4%
773
0.4%
Entire State of Utah
0
0.0%
368
0.2%
368
0.2%
Balance of Virginia
413
0.2%
463
0.2%
438
0.2%
NORFOLK-VA BEACH-NEWPRT NEWS, VA-
621
0.3%
702
0.4%
662
0.3%
RICHMOND-PETERSBURG, VA
448
0.2%
492
0.2%
470
0.2%
Balance of Washington
446
0.2%
487
0.2%
467
0.2%
SEATTLE, WA
1,324
0.7%
1,401
0.7%
1,363
0,7%
Balance of Wisconsin
300
0.2%
325
0.2%
313
0.2%
MILWAUKEE, WI
363
0.2%
393
0.2%
378
0.2%
Total
183,600
100.0%
200,475
100.0%
193,126
100.0%
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High Incidence Bonus 95-9
1999 Formula Grantees (000s)
1995 bonus
1996 bonus
1997 bonus
1998 bonus
1999 bonus
Alabama (outside Birmingham EMSA)
-
-
-
,
-
Birmingham AL MSA
-
-
-
-
Arkansas (outside the Memphis EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
Arizona outside the Phoenix & Las Vegas EMSAs
-
-
-
-
-
Phoenix-Mesa AZ MSA
California (outside of 8 EMSAs)
-
-
-
-
-
Los Angeles-Long Beach CA PMSA
1,313
705
1,844
1,722
Oakland CA PMSA
176
Riverside-San Bernardino CA PMSA
Sacramento CA PMSA
San Diego CA MSA
145
130
69
San Francisco CA PMSA
5,299
3,286
3,409
2,699
2,507
San Jose CA PMSA
Santa Ana for the Orange County CA PMSA
Denver CO PMSA
I
Connecticut (outside of the Hartford and New Hav
-
-
-
-
-
Hartford CT MSA
53
345
31
595
New Haven-Meriden CT PMSA
472
209
631
Washington DC-MD-VA-WV PMSA
905
1,594
501
1,682
2,032
Delaware (outside the Wilmington EMSA)
-
-
-
I
-
Wilmington-Newark DE-MD PMSA
-
-
-
-
I
102
Florida (outside of 6 EMSAs)
-
-
-
-
-
Fort Lauderdale FL PMSA
1,077
2,120
1,772
2,025
1,712
Jacksonville FL MSA
87
143
20
102
Miami FL PMSA
3,583
4,542
4,425
3,279
3,654
Orlando FL MSA
210
358
31
606
Tampa-St Petersburg-Clearwater FL PMSA
184
West Palm Beach-Boca Raton FL PMSA
373
990
1,318
1,125
1,154
Atlanta GA MSA
422
1,252
920
232
Georgia (outside the Atlanta EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
Hawaii (outside the Honolulu EMSA)
-
-
-
,
Honolulu HI MSA
-
-
-
-
Chicago IL PMSA
---
Illinois (outside of the Chicago and St. Louis EMS
-
-
,
-
1
Indiana (outside the Cincinnati and Indianapolis E
-
-
-
-
-
Indianapolis IN MSA
Kentucky (outside the Cincinnati EMSA)
-
-
-
-
,
Louisiana (outside the New Orleans EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
New Orleans LA MSA
115
251
525
620
653
Boston MA-NH PMSA
I
Massachusetts (outside the Boston and Providenc: -
-
-
-
-
Baltimore MD PMSA
794
2,625
1,294
1,945
1,970
Detroit MI PMSA
1
Michigan (outside the Detroit EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
Minneapolis-St Paul MN-WI MSA
Minnesota outside the Minneapolis EMSA
-
,
-
1
-
Kansas City MO-KS MSA
Missouri (outside the Kansas City and St. Louis E
-
-
-
-
-
St. Louis MO-IL MSA
---
Mississippi (outside the Memphis EMSA)
-
1
-
-
-
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High Incidence Bonus 95-9
Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill NC-SC MSA *
-
-
-
North Carolina (outside the Charlotte, Raleigh and
-
-
-
-
-
Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill NC MSA
*
-
-
-
NJ suburbs within Philadelphia EMSA
-
-
-
74
Dover Township for the Monmouth-Ocean NJ PM
.
Jersey City NJ PMSA
814
1,281
1,369
1,154
885
New Jersey (outside of 6 EMSAs)
-
-
-
,
-
Newark NJ PMSA
2,023
2,002
2,459
2,373
2,311
Paterson for Bergen-Passaic NJ PMSA
273
160
199
157
33
Woodbridge for the Middlesex-Somerset-Hunterdo
New Mexico
-
-
-
-
-
Las Vegas NV-AZ MSA
599
Nevada outside the Las Vegas EMSA
-
-
-
-
-
Buffalo -Niagara Falls NY MSA
-
-
-
1
Islip for the Nassau-Suffolk NY PMSA
New York NY PMSA
18,459
16,571
20,088
22,046
24,369
New York State (outside the Islip, New York City,
-
-
-
-
-
Rochester NY MSA
-
-
-
73
Cincinnati OH-KY-IN PMSA *
Cleveland-Lorain-Elvyria OH PMSA
!
Columbus, OH MSA
:
Ohio (outside the Cincinnati, Cleveland and Colum: -
-
-
i
-
-
Oklahoma
-
-
-
-
-
Portland-Vancouver OR-WA PMSA
Pennsylvania (outside the Philadelphia and Pittsb
-
-
-
-
-
Philadelphia PA-NJ PMSA (ex. NJ in '98 &'99)
307
412
Pittsburgh PA MSA
Puerto Rico (outside the San Juan EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
San Juan-Bayamon PR PMSA
1,278
1,402
1,844
2,093
2,797
Providence-Fall River-Warwick RI-MA MSA
-
-
-
South Carolina (outside the Charlotte EMSA)
-
-
-
-
-
Memphis, TN-AR-MS MSA
;
Nashville, TN MSA
:
:
Tennessee (outside the Memphis and Nashville E -
-
-
-
-
Austin-San Marcos TX MSA
303
:
Dallas TX PMSA
51
353
I
Fort Worth-Arlington TX PMSA
Houston TX PMSA
969
1,625
2,616
San Antonio TX MSA
Texas (outside of 5 EMSAs)
I
-
-
-
-
-
Utah
-
-
-
-
-
Richmond-Petersburg VA MSA
Virginia (outside of DC, Richmond and Virginia Be
-
-
-
-
-
Virginia Beach for the Norfolk-Virginia Beach-New
Seattle-Bellevue-Everett WA PMSA
210
Washington State (outside the Seattle and Portlan
-
-
-
-
-
Milwaukee-Waukesha WI PMSA *
Wisconsin (outside the Milwaukee and Minneapoli
-
-
-
-
TOTALS for Year of Allocation
FY95
FY96
FY97
FY98
FY99
High Incidence Bonus Total for FY:
38,477
38,477
44,100
45,825
50,119
No. of EMSAs with bonus
20
18
20
20:
22
Incidence Bonus: amounts shown for 1995-9 are the amounts awarded for 25 percent of the formula that is allocated t
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TEST OF REVISED HOPWA FORMULA
NAME
Actual FY99
FORMULA A
Percent of
Difference Actual
Cases Weight
$(000)
(5 Yr. Wt. no
Formula A
Formula A and Actual
5 Year
HH) $(000)
FY99 $(000)
#PLWA
Balance of Alabama
796
1,171
0.6%
375
1,159
BIRMINGHAM, AL
365
552
0.3%
187
546
Balance of Arkansas
552
747
0.4%
195
739
Balance of Arizona
366
539
0.3%
173
533
PHOENIX, AZ
923
1,202
0.6%
279
1,189
Balance of California
2,427
3,144
1.6%
717
3,111
LOS ANGELES-LONG BEACH, CA
8,769
10,497
5.2%
1728
10,387
OAKLAND, CA
1,670
1,991
1.0%
321
1,970
ORANGE COUNTY, CA
1,143
1,281
0.6%
138
1,268
RIVERSIDE-SAN BERNARDINO, CA
1,372
1,972
1.0%
600
1,951
SACRAMENTO, CA
656
845
0.4%
189
836
SAN DIEGO, CA
2,168
2,855
1.4%
687
2,825
SAN FRANCISCO, CA
8,510
5,752
2.9%
-2758
5,692
SAN JOSE, CA
649
818
0.4%
169
809
DENVER, CO
1,164
1,396
0.7%
232
1,381
Balance of Connecticut
920
1,389
0.7%
469
1,374
HARTFORD, CT MSA
1,413
1,355
0.7%
-58
1,341
NEW HAVEN-MERIDEN, CT PMSA
1,214
885
0.4%
-329
876
WASHINGTON, DC-MD-VA-WV
6,475
6,020
3.0%
-455
5,957
Balance of Delaware
113
160
0.1%
47
158
WILMINGTON, DE-MD
485
659
0.3%
174
652
Balance of Florida
3,164
4,411
2.2%
1247
4,365
FT LAUDERDALE-HLLYWD-POMP.BCH] F
4,186
3,371
1.7%
-815
3,336
JACKSONVILLE, FL
983
1,176
0.6%
193
1,164
MIAMI-HIALEAH, FL
8,418
6,454
3.2%
-1964
6,386
ORLANDO, FL
1,753
1,728
0.9%
-25
1,710
TAMPA-ST. PETE.-CLEARWATER, FL
1,661
2,195
1.1%
534
2,172
W.PALM BCH-B.RATN-DELRAY BCH, FL
2,635
2,111
1.1%
-524
2,089
ATLANTA, GA
3,407
4,264
2.1%
857
4,219
Balance of Georgia
1,297
1,973
1.0%
676
1,952
Balance of Hawaii
132
156
0.1%
24
154
HONOLULU, HI
364
403
0.2%
39
399
Balance of Illinois
534
783
0.4%
249
775
CHICAGO, IL
4,219
5,544
2.8%
1325
5,486
Balance of Indiana
636
902
0.4%
266
893
INDIANAPOLIS, IN
579
777
0.4%
198
769
Balance of Kentucky
561
897
0.4%
336
888
Balance of Louisiana
1,063
1,639
0.8%
576
1,622
NEW ORLEANS, LA
2,031
1,849
0.9%
-182
1,830
Balance of Massachusetts
1,111
1,587
0.8%
476
1,570
BOSTON, MA-NH PMSA
1,890
2,154
1.1%
264
2,131
BALTIMORE, MD
4,689
4,399
2.2%
-290
4,353
Balance of Michigan
677
987
0.5%
310
977
DETROIT, MI
1,526
2,062
1.0%
536
2,040
Balance of Minnesota
92
118
0.1%
26
117
MINNEAPOLIS-ST. PAUL, MN-WI
670
847
0.4%
177
838
Balance of Missouri
396
529
0.3%
133
523
KANSAS CITY, MO-KS
813
932
0.5%
119
922
ST. LOUIS, MO-IL
944
1,247
0.6%
303
1,234
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TEST OF REVISED HOPWA FORMULA
NAME
Actual FY99
FORMULA A
Percent of
Difference Actual
Cases Weight
$(000)
(5 Yr. Wt. no
Formula A
Formula A and Actual
5 Year
HH) $(000)
FY99 $(000)
#PLWA
Balance of Mississippi
769
1,152
0.6%
383
1,140
Balance of North Carolina
1,212
1,775
0.9%
563
1,756
CHARLOTTE-GAST.-ROCK HILL, NC-SC
397
567
0.3%
170
561
RALEIGH-DURHAM, NC
386
511
0.3%
125
506
Balance of New Jersey
813
1,164
0.6%
351
1,152
BERGEN-PASSAIC, NJ
1,160
1,496
0.7%
336
1,480
JERSEY CITY, NJ
2,271
1,786
0.9%
-485
1,767
MIDDLESEX-SOMERSET-HUNTERDON
671
868
0.4%
197
859
MONMOUTH-OCEAN, NJ
595
795
0.4%
200
787
NEWARK, NJ
5,777
4,461
2.2%
-1316
4,414
Entire State of New Mexico
391
556
0.3%
165
550
Balance of Nevada
190
268
0.1%
78
265
LAS VEGAS, NV
1,308
1,190
0.6%
-118
1,178
Balance of New York
2,218
3,145
1.6%
927
3,112
BUFFALO, NY
352
610
0.3%
258
604
NASSAU-SUFFOLK, NY
1,362
1,776
0.9%
414
1,757
NEW YORK, NY
48,668
31,090
15.5%
-17578
30,765
ROCHESTER, NY
542
839
0.4%
297
830
Balance of Ohio
822
1,094
0.5%
272
1,083
CINCINNATI, OH-KY-IN
395
590
0.3%
195
584
CLEVELAND, OH
670
924
0.5%
254
914
COLUMBUS, OH
458
564
0.3%
106
558
Entire State of Oklahoma
723
919
0.5%
196
909
PORTLAND, OR
803
1,022
0.5%
219
1,011
Balance of Pennsylvania
1,135
1,694
0.8%
559
1,676
PHILADELPHIA, PA-NJ
4,045
5,018
2.5%
973
4,965
PITTSBURGH, PA
491
593
0.3%
102
587
Balance of Puerto Rico
1,841
2,500
1.2%
659
2,474
SAN JUAN, PR
5,891
4,127
2.1%
-1764
4,084
PROVIDENCE-FALL RIV-WARWICK,RI-
424
614
0.3%
190
608
Balance of South Carolina
1,657
2,662
1.3%
1005
2,634
Balance of Tennessee
525
806
0.4%
281
798
MEMPHIS, TN-AR-MS
538
-
869
0.4%
331
860
NASHVILLE, TN
479
778
0.4%
299
770
AUSTIN, TX
767
963
0.5%
196
953
Balance of Texas
2,086
3,332
1.7%
1246
3,297
DALLAS, TX
2,505
3,235
1.6%
730
3,201
FORT WORTH-ARLINGTON, TX
655
911
0.5%
256
901
HOUSTON, TX
6,466
4,892
2.4%
-1574
4,841
SAN ANTONIO, TX
805
1,122
0.6%
317
1,110
Entire State of Utah
368
498
0.2%
130
493
Balance of Virginia
463
714
0.4%
251
707
NORFOLK-VA BEACH-NEWPRT NEWS,V
702
1,235
0.6%
533
1,222
RICHMOND-PETERSBURG, VA
492
725
0.4%
233
717
Balance of Washington
487
687
0.3%
200
680
SEATTLE, WA
1,401
1,655
0.8%
254
1,638
Balance of Wisconsin
325
431
0.2%
106
426
MILWAUKEE, WI
393
531
0.3%
138
525
Totals
200,475
200,479
100%
198,377
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HAV
Volume 5, Number 2
AIDS Cases Reported to CDC
July 1988 through June 1998
and
Estimates of the Number of
Persons Living with AIDS
by State and Metropolitan Area
as of June 30, 1998
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Public Health Service
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC
National Center for HIV, STD. and TB Prevention
DISEASE CONTROL
and PREVENTION
Atlanta, Georgia 30333
Methods
The Ryan White CARE Act was enacted by
This report presents the AIDS case counts (based
Congress in 1990 and reauthorized with amend-
on AIDS surveillance data reported to CDC
ments in 1996. The primary purpose of the act is
through June 30, 1998) that were provided to the
to provide emergency assistance to localities that
Health Resources and Services Administration
are disproportionately affected by the human
(HRSA) in July 1998. (Table 1, AIDS case
immunodeficiency virus epidemic. An eligible
counts by state; Table 2, AIDS case counts by
metropolitan area (EMA) is any metropolitan
EMA; Table 3, AIDS case counts for cross-state
area for which there have been reported to the
EMAs). HRSA applies the weights provided by
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
CDC to these counts to determine the propor-
(CDC) a cumulative total of more than 2,000
tional distribution of persons living with AIDS.
acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)
cases for the most recent 5 years for which data
Tables 4 and 5 are comparisons of the three
are available. The amended act requires formula
methods for estimating the number of persons
grants based on the estimated number of persons
living with AIDS by state and EMA. Columns 1
living with AIDS in the EMA. Estimates were
and 2 are the estimated number and the percent-
derived by using methods specified in the act.
age distribution according to the Ryan White
The amount of funds received by each EMA
CARE Act formula. Columns 3 and 4 are the
(under Title I) or state (under Title II) is deter-
numbers of persons with AIDS reported to CDC
mined by the locality's proportion of the total
and presumed to be alive (cases minus deaths).
estimated number of living persons with AIDS.
Columns 5 and 6 are data adjusted for delays in
the reporting of cases and deaths to produce
As of the end of June each year, AIDS cases
point estimates of the number of persons living
reported during the preceding 120 months are
with AIDS. (See the Technical Notes for compu-
aggregated into ten 12-month periods, and
tational details of each method.)
10 "survival" weights (see Technical Notes)
are applied to the 10 AIDS case counts. The
The Ryan White CARE Act formula is used by
HRSA for the legislative requirements of the
summary count, which results from this compu-
tational formula, is the estimated number of
CARE act. CDC, however, routinely adjusts data
for reporting delays to estimate the number of
persons living with AIDS in the EMA or state
persons living with AIDS (i.e., AIDS prevalence;
for the purposes of the Ryan White CARE Act.
see HIV/AIDS Surveillance Supplemental
The survival weights are updated by CDC every
Report, 1999;5[no.1]). The CDC method nearly
2 years according to methods specified in the
always produces the highest counts because a
act (the weights were most recently updated in
statistical model is used to "add in" the AIDS
July 1997).
cases not yet reported but already diagnosed.
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Table 2. AIDS cases reported July 1988 through June 1998, by
metropolitan area of residence
Metropolitan area
7/88-
7/89-
7/90-
7/91-
7/92-
7/93-
7/94-
7/95-
7/96-
7/97-
of residence
6/89
6/90
6/91
6/92
6/93
6/94
6/95
6/96
6/97
6/98
Atlanta, GA
773
944
941
1,232
1,528
1,501
1,605
1,762
1,415
942
Austin, TX
151
229
200
275
481
527
385
292
275
297
Baltimore, MD
401
580
668
594
1,384
1,468
2,019
1,508
1,516
1,093
Bergen-Passaic, NJ
247
275
284
270
402
787
612
490
513
330
Boston, MA-NH
721
741
813
763
1,694
1,754
1,192
1,128
945
702
Caguas, PR
74
135
102
132
180
187
205
173
175
152
Chicago, IL
910
1,070
1,034
1,592
2,432
2,361
2,451
1,807
1,432
1,567
Cleveland, OH
142
123
166
250
363
340
470
244
279
271
Dallas, TX
546
626
786
780
1,634
1,168
1,410
1,001
897
808
Denver, CO
284
308
373
351
914
677
566
447
325
247
Detroit, MI
354
375
382
645
1,086
660
773
725
572
594
Dutchess Co., NY
51
83
79
84
146
118
91
113
108
158
Fort Lauderdale, FL
449
845
846
853
1,064
1,119
1,579
1,217
1,121
826
Fort Worth, TX
137
167
188
145
367
319
538
199
306
259
Hartford, CT
131
153
162
142
425
586
387
513
414
343
Houston, TX
844
1,127
1,172
1,176
2,136
2,075
1,323
1,323
1,793
1,759
Jacksonville, FL
151
239
275
296
782
336
473
384
363
295
Jersey City, NJ
408
283
420
359
412
774
881
631
603
398
Kansas City, MO-KS
199
323
236
292
721
337
286
344
216
222
Las Vegas, NV-AZ
103
135
178
191
426
333
338
373
381
433
Los Angeles, CA
2,129
2,132
2,549
3,018
5,083
4,664
3,903
3,834
3,175
2,248
Miami, FL
946
1,077
1,540
1,654
2,409
2,864
2,924
2,355
1,789
1,562
Middlesex-Somerset-
Hunterdon, NJ
182
157
192
193
320
360
381
329
259
198
Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN-WI
157
160
173
205
526
328
364
278
218
160
Nassau-Suffolk, NY
322
411
355
308
943
569
549
639
655
456
New Haven, CT
255
249
289
297
913
614
580
848
671
495
New Orleans, LA
264
388
428
543
605
699
607
727
635
505
New York, NY
5,552
6,416
6,604
6,915
11,424
13,391
10,741
11,275
10,084
8,711
Newark, NJ
1,034
984
945
927
1,265
2,120
1,734
1,525
1,545
1,008
Norfolk, VA-NC
87
159
148
118
273
371
388
544
490
326
Oakland, CA
331
534
506
570
1,091
962
742
663
546
410
Orange County. CA
262
334
339
597
583
567
537
512
357
287
Orlando, FL
192
191
396
358
859
431
740
589
495
524
Philadelphia, PA-NJ
758
833
834
1,042
1,724
2,256
2,012
1,687
1,586
1,466
Phoenix, AZ
185
285
170
275
772
431
392
457
329
392
Ponce, PR
197
217
241
247
254
333
309
284
221
161
Portland, OR-WA
174
227
254
234
609
443
398
354
266
184
Riverside-San
Bernardino, CA
213
255
320
404
884
959
816
654
558
562
Sacramento, CA
169
113
175
261
404
432
348
277
210
195
St. Louis, MO-IL
185
213
310
376
768
443
376
437
416
279
San Antonio, TX
348
195
190
230
329
632
380
373
367
309
San Diego, CA
450
719
555
605
1,389
1,219
946
1,138
809
640
San Francisco, CA
1,739
1,929
2,082
1,969
3.744
3,386
2,126
1,774
1,363
1,158
San Jose, CA
155
144
190
176
398
478
297
295
216
143
San Juan, PR
916
951
1,119
1,062
1,732
1,569
1,529
1,300
1,377
1,258
Santa Rosa, CA
127
96
121
117
221
224
130
169
76
57
Seattle. WA
330
536
436
382
901
769
650
539
492
339
Tampa-St. Petersburg. FL
439
380
473
517
1,299
776
817
752
655
618
Vineland-Millville-
Bridgeton, NJ
38
36
35
28
77
104
68
101
62
46
Wash., DC-MD-VA-WV
867
1,000
1,281
1,470
2,023
2,733
2,138
2,063
2,010
1,666
West Palm Beach, FL
321
343
398
438
827
583
857
831
723
549
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Table 4. Estimates of the number of people living with AIDS as of June
1998, by state of residence: comparison of three methods
Ryan White CARE Act
Number reported to be living
Adjusted for reporting delays
State of Residence
Number*
Percent
Number
Percent
Number
Percent
Alaska
151
0.1
214
0.1
221
0.1
Alabama
1,856
0.9
2,404
0.9
2,520
0.9
Arkansas
843
0.4
1,258
0.5
1,321
0.5
Arizona
1,892
0.9
2,151
0.8
2,632
0.9
California
30,434
14.2
38,264
14.6
41,965
14.7
Colorado
1,766
0.8
2,524
1.0
2,499
0.9
Connecticut
3,634
1.7
5,040
1.9
5,502
1.9
District of Columbia
3,586
1.7
4,816
1.8
5,156
1.8
Delaware
780
0.4
946
0.4
982
0.3
Florida
22,618
10.5
29,246
11.2
30,909
10.9
Georgia
6,442
3.0
8,436
3.2
9,026
3.2
Hawaii
617
0.3
770
0.3
845
0.3
lowa
369
0.2
497
0.2
508
0.2
Idaho
148
0.1
179
0.1
181
0.1
Illinois
6,784
3.2
7,502
2.9
8,139
2.9
Indiana
1,822
0.8
2,343
0.9
2,472
0.9
Kansas
665
0.3
794
0.3
808
0.3
Kentucky
1,037
0.5
1,182
0.5
1,306
0.5
Louisiana
3,759
1.7
4,522
1.7
4,664
1.6
Massachusetts
3,923
1.8
4,546
1.7
5,347
1.9
Maryland
6,610
3.1
7,608
2.9
8,737
3.1
Maine
247
0.1
371
0.1
375
0.1
Michigan
3,129
1.5
3,768
1.4
4.223
1.5
Minnesota
943
0.4
1,328
0.5
1,390
0.5
Missouri
2,390
1.1
3,537
1.4
3,694
1.3
Mississippi
1,271
0.6
1,445
0.6
1,505
0.5
Montana
106
0.0
138
0.1
152
0.1
North Carolina
2,971
1.4
3,415
1.3
3,764
1.3
North Dakota
35
0.0
39
0.0
41
0.0
Nebraska
307
0.1
376
01
391
0.1
New Hampshire
259
0.1
419
0.2
434
0.2
New Jersey
11,786
5.5
13,031
5.0
13,953
4.9
New Mexico
630
0.3
761
0.3
867
0.3
Nevada
1,436
0.7
1,863
0.7
1,942
0.7
New York
40,078
18.6
44,665
17.1
49,911
17.5
Ohio
3,224
1.5
3,546
1.4
3,875
1.4
Oklahoma
993
0.5
1,335
0.5
1,454
0.5
Oregon
1,301
0.6
1,724
0.7
1,807
0.6
Pennsylvania
7,014
3.3
8,436
3.2
9,336
3.3
Rhode Island
599
03
771
0.3
813
0.3
Puerto Rico
7,230
3.4
7,878
3.0
8,494
3.0
South Carolina
2,782
1.3
3,469
1.3
3,570
1.3
South Dakota
49
0.0
56
00
60
0.0
Tennessee
2,498
1.2
3.250
1.2
3,449
1.2
Texas
15,387
7.2
19,781
7.6
21,676
7.6
Utah
530
0.2
724
0.3
771
0.3
Virginia
3,848
1.8
4,351
1.7
5,032
1.8
Virgin Islands
159
0.1
189
0.1
212
0.1
Vermont
111
01
152
0.1
163
0.1
Washington
2,518
12
3,419
1.3
3,676
1.3
Wisconsin
971
0.5
1,352
05
1,391
0.5
West Virginia
372
0.2
419
02
444
0.2
Wyoming
45
0.0
58
0.0
54
0.0
Total
214,955
261,308
284,659
. Cumulative from July 1988 through June 1998
, Cumulative from 1981 through June 1998
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Technical Notes
The legislative authority for the method of
The total of these 10 weighted counts is the
estimating the number of persons living with
estimated number of people living with AIDS for
AIDS under Title I of the Ryan White CARE
a given state or EMA.
Act is Section 2603(a)(3)(c). The legislative
authority for the Title II estimation of the num-
Method II - Number of persons reported to be
ber of persons living with AIDS is Section
living with AIDS
2618(2)(d). The same set of survival weights is
used for both Title I and Title II. The current
For each state or EMA, the number of persons
weights are -
reported with AIDS who are presumed to be
Year 1 - .07
alive is calculated. (See HIV/AIDS Surveillance
Year 2 - .09
Report, 1998;10[no.1]: Table 1, p.5). This total
Year 3 - .10
count is the number of persons living with AIDS.
Year 4 - .13
Year 5 - .15
Method III - Adjustments for reporting delays
Year 6 - .29
Estimated AIDS data are adjusted for reporting
Year 7 - .41
delays by a maximum likelihood statistical
Year 8 - .55
procedure; differences in reporting delays for
Year 9 - .71
geographic area, racial/ethnic, age, sex, vital
Year 10 - .83
status, and exposure categories are taken into
account, but it is assumed that reporting delays
For each 12-month reporting period, the propor-
within these groups have not changed over time
tion of persons reported with AIDS and pre-
(Statistics in Medicine 1998; 17:143-54 and
sumed to be alive is computed as follows:
Lecture Notes in Biomathematics 1989;83:58-
(cases minus deaths)/cases
88). The maximum likelihood procedure is done
This proportion is the weight for the 12-month
twice - first for delays in reporting AIDS cases
and then for delays in reporting AIDS deaths. On
period.
the basis of the results of these procedures, each
AIDS case is then assigned an AIDS incidence
As required by the CARE act, these weights will
be updated in July 1999 by using the AIDS cases
adjustment weight and an AIDS death adjust-
ment weight. The point estimate of the number
reported through June 30, 1999.
of persons living with AIDS is derived by sub-
tracting the estimated cumulative number of
Details for the Three Methods of Estimating
deaths of persons with AIDS from the estimated
the Number of Persons Living with AIDS
cumulative number of persons with a diagnosis
of AIDS. The estimates from this method are
Method I - Ryan White CARE Act formula
based on AIDS surveillance data for cases
The counts of reported AIDS cases for the last
diagnosed with AIDS through June 30, 1998,
120 months are aggregated into ten 12-month
and reported to CDC through December 31,
periods. The first year (i.e., earliest) count is
1998. Estimated AIDS cases and estimated
multiplied by .07. The second year count is
AIDS deaths are adjusted for reporting delays,
multiplied by .09, and so on for all 10 counts.
but not for incomplete reporting.
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DEPARTMENT OF M KOUSING
U.S. DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20410-7000
DEPARTMENT
OFFICE OF THE ASSISTANT SECRETARY FOR
COMMUNITY PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
Dear HOPWA Coordinator:
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development is pleased to invite you to
join with your colleagues at the 1999 National Meeting of HOPWA Formula Grantees. The
meeting is scheduled to take place on September 26-29, 1999 at the Tremont Suite Hotel in
downtown Baltimore, Maryland. This meeting will be the third time that HOPWA grantees
and managing sponsors have assembled to consider the successes and continuing challenges in
administering this housing assistance program. We strongly urge you to attend or send a
representative as we review important aspects of managing the Housing Opportunities for
Persons with AIDS program and related issues.
We know that many jurisdictions and nonprofit organizations were represented at our
previous meetings in 1998, and many more participated in the Third National HIV/AIDS
Housing Conference that was held last September in Atlanta. We trust that all who
participated in these sessions shared information about their community's efforts and learned
from other practitioners and experts. We expect that our participation at the Baltimore meeting
will build on these past meetings and all attendees will benefit from our planned training and
consultations. We know these prior events were enjoyable and provided invaluable
opportunities to network with colleagues. These sessions were also truly energizing as we
continue our mutual work to build a stronger response to the difficult challenges of HIV.
The meeting of HOPWA coordinators will allow us to continue a dialogue on how to
make our partnership responsive to persons who have difficult and pressing needs. We hope
that we can again consider our successes and the lessons learned in operating programs over
these past years. We believe we can best accomplish this by focusing on three present
challenges:
1. How do we best use housing development activities to broaden the community's
AIDS housing resources?
2. How do we create an HIV/AIDS housing strategy and plan for activities that are
fully integrated within your community's consolidated plan, continuum of care, and
related HIV/AIDS health-care activities?
3. How do we ensure strong management of all HOPWA programs and make best use
of the new technical assistance tools to augment the community efforts to design,
operate and evaluate programs?
The dialogue will also cover the topics that you wish to raise. HUD staff, experienced
technical assistance providers and knowledgeable colleagues will be present to help answer
questions and walk through pressing issues. We also expect to have significant participation
by HHS and VA staff. In addition, we will be asking all presenters to consider issues of
disparity in treatment and access to our programs for persons of color, including racial and
ethnic minorities.
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We also plan to have some special topic sessions. We will discuss HUD's information
management systems, including an opportunity for hands-on training with IDIS. We will also
solicit input on unit-based costing and standards of care that are being used in many
communities. And we will consider ways to ensure clients rights and promote understanding
of responsibilities. We expect to have a very informative briefing on the specialized projects
that have been operating under the HIV Multiple Diagnoses Initiative to find ways to reach
clients challenged by issues with drug and alcohol abuse and mental illness. Also, for new
staff and first-time grantees, we plan to have an introductory session to help orient you to the
opportunities for using HOPWA as a flexible resource in your community, and the
responsibilities for managing these Federal funds.
Over this last year, the Office of HIV/AIDS Housing has been working in collaboration
with many of you and AIDS Housing of Washington (AHW) to set the agenda for these
meetings. Information from AHW on the site logistics are included. Please plan on arriving by
6:00 pm Sunday, September 26th for a welcome reception and dinner. We hope that our
discussions will provide you with useful up-to-date information regarding the administration of
HOPWA and offer opportunities to consider how you might improve your community's efforts
to address HIV/AIDS.
We want to emphasize the importance of your participation in this meeting. These
meetings will be useful to all grantees, especially if new staff are assigned to managing your
HOPWA efforts, or if your community was not able to attend prior training events. As
stewards of public and private funds, we must continue to work towards the highest levels of
performance. We hope that you plan to join with your colleagues from other States and cities
in helping to lead these discussions. Thank you for your on-going efforts to use HOPWA
funds to benefit persons and families in need.
We look forward to seeing you in Baltimore.
Sincerely
s1 Vor David Vos
Director
Office of HIV/AIDS Housing
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Mr. Adam Sutton
Office of National AIDS Policy
738 Jackson Place, N.W.
Washington, DC 20503
Improving HIV Care
and Prevention Into
The 2 Ist Century:
Integrated Care for the
Multiply Diagnosed
JUNE 28 - 29, 1999
Social & Scientific Systems. Inc.
7101 Wisconsin Avenue Suite 1300
Omni Shoreham Hotel
Berhesda. MD 20814-4805
2500 Calvert Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
VA
DEPARTMENT OF
VETERANS AFFAIRS
INTRODUCTION
TENTATIVE AGENDA
HIV disease in the United States is increasingly a condition complicated by multiple
MONDAY, JUNE 28
TUESDAY, JUNE 29
comorbidities such as substance abuse, mental illness, and homelessness. On June 28 and 29.
1999, the HIV/AIDS Service of the Department of Veterans Affairs-in conjunction with the
8:30
Welcome/Introduction
8:30
Concurrent Sessions
Department of Health and Human Services. the Office of AIDS Research of the National Institutes of
8.45
Epidemiology of HIV/AIDS and
Health, the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and the White House Office of National
I. Methods for Determining
Comorbidities. What IS Known. What is Unknown
Patient Needs
AIDS Policy and Office of National Drug Control Policy-will sponsor a conference to convene
Preliminary Discussion
service providers, health professionals from public and private agencies, representatives of advocacy
9:15
What are the Medical Psychological. Social.
Mental Health Subsession
organizations, administrative and policy leaders, and public and science media involved with HIV/
Resource. and Program Needs of Patients with
Substance Abuse Subsession
AIDS. This conference will be the first forum for interdisciplinary discussions about the medical,
Comorbid Conditions or Multiple Diagnoses?
Homelessness Subsession
social, resource, and programmatic needs of persons with HIV and comorbidities.
Full Session: Cross-cutting
10:15
BREAK
Issues and Priorities
The goals of the conference will be twofold:
2 Successful Strategies for
10:30
How are the Medical. Psychological. Social.
Addressing the Needs of Multiply
Initiate collaborations that will address
Identify best practices III ongoing
Resource. and Program Needs of Patients
Diagnosed Patients
the medical. social psychological.
programs that address these issues.
with Comorbid Conditions or Multiple
Introduction
Diagnoses Being Met'
Presentations
resource. and research needs 10
Theme and Common Elements
improve care 01 persons with HIV
11:30
What are the Medical, Social. Cultural, Legal,
3. Successful Strategies for
and comorbiones
and Resource Barriers to Meeting the Needs of
Overcoming Barriers
Patients with Comorbid Conditions or
Preliminary Discussion
Multiple Diagnoses? How Can These Barriers
Patient/Client Barriers Subsession
The conference will also address HIV
Identify research needs 10 address
be Overcome?
Policy Barriers Subsession
prevention among persons at risk who
uncertainties in these areas
Institutional Barriers Subsession
have comorbid conditions.
12:30
LUNCH (10 be provided)
Full Session: Cross-cutting Issues
The conference will feature nationally
and Priorities
The conference format is structured so
2:00
Concurrent Sessions
recognized leaders in the areas of HIV care and
the first day will include morning plenary
12:00
LUNCH (on your own)
prevention as well as HIV and substance abuse.
presentations on the most current research,
I. Methods for Determining Patient Needs
HIV and homelessness, and HIV and mental
programs, issues, and barriers to HIV/AIDS
Preliminary Discussion
2:00
Presentation of Concurrent
illness. These leaders in the field will highlight
Mental Health Subsession
care and prevention in the multiply
Session Reports
issues. innovative approaches, and design
Substance Abuse Subsession
diagnosed. During the afternoon of the first
Methods for Determining
Homelessness Subsession
solutions as well as target research needs by
Patient Needs
day and morning of the second day. methods
Full Session: Cross-cutting Issues and Priorities
the following means:
Successful Strategies for
and strategies for addressing the challenges
2. Successful Strategies for Addressing the
Addressing the Needs of
identify " 5.0 information
of care for this population will be developed
Needs of Multiply Diagnosed Patients
Multiply Diagnosed Patients
Introduction
during breakout sessions with the participa-
Successful Strategies for
NOCK! and io: provide
Presentations
Overcoming Barriers
non of refection core o; persons
tion of the attendees and led by experts in
Theme and Common Elements
with and COMO indities
these different areas. The conference will
3. Successful Strategies for Overcoming Barriers
3:30
BREAK
close on the afternoon of the second day with
legality how Cherse week are currently
Preliminary Discussion
presentations of each group's efforts, followed
Patient/Client Barriers Subsession
3:45
Discussion of Future Needs
me' or will 4. address ',', service
by a panel discussion of future service needs.
Policy Barriers Subsession
and esource goos
research, and models.
Institutional Barriers Subsession
5:00
ADJOURNMENT
Full Session: Cross-cutting Issues and Priorities
Identify barriers 10 meeting the
identified needs
5:30
ADJOURNMENT
ORGANIZING COMMITTEE
REGISTRATION FORM
Name:
UNE 29
Lawrence Deyton, M.S.P.H., M.D., Chair
Ronald B. Norby, R.N., M.N.
Department of Veterans Affairs
Department of Veterans Affairs
Title:
n; Sessions
Affiliation:
C. Alex Alexander, M.D., Dr.P.H.
Joseph O'Neill, M.D., M.S., M.P.H.
Address:
01 Determining
Department of Veterans Affairs
Health Resources & Services Administration
City/State/Zip:
eeds
Phone:
Frederick Altice, M.D.
Fax:
Jane Sanville
ninary Discussion
Yale University School of Medicine
White House Office of National Drug
Internet E-mail Address:
Health Subsession
ance Abuse Subsession
Control Policy
Special Accessibility Requirements:
Carlos Arreola, Ph.D.
lessness Subsession
Department of Veterans Affairs
ession: Cross-cutting
Jane Silver, M.P.H.
Meals:
vegetarian
non-vegetarian
(check one)
es and Priorities
American Foundation for AIDS Research
Judith D. Auerbach, Ph.D.
: Strategies for
Office of AIDS Research, NIH
Richard T. Suchinsky, M.D.
CONCURRENT SESSION PREFERENCES
S the Needs of Multiply
Department of Veterans Affairs
All three concurrent sessions will be run twice, once in the afternoon
Patients
Alfonso R. Batres, Ph.D., M.S.W.
on Monday, June 28. and once in the morning on Tuesday. June 29. Please
fuction
Department of Veterans Affairs
Todd Summers
indicate your first, second, and third choices. All efforts will be made to
nations
White House Office of National AIDS Policy
assign you to the first two preferences indicated, but assignments will be
and Common Elements
Sophia Chang, M.D., M.P.H.
made on a first-come, first-served basis.
Strategies for
The Henry J. Kaiser Family Foundation
Glenn Treisman, M.D., Ph.D.
"8 Barriers
Johns Hopkins University
I. Methods for Determining Patient Needs
Barbara Davidson, Ph.D.
anary Discussion
School of Medicine
Preliminary Discussion
t-Chent Barriers Subsession
Department of Housing &
Mental Health Subsession
Barriers Subsession
Urban Development
George Woody, M.D.
Substance Abuse Subsession
tional Barriers Subsession
Philadelphia Veterans Affairs
Homelessness Subsession
ission: Cross-cutting Issues
Peter Dougherty
Medical Center
Full Session: Cross-cutting Issues
Priorities
Department of Veterans Affairs
and Priorities
2. Successful Strategies for Addressing the
in your own)
Gerald Friedland, M.D.
Needs of Multiply Diagnosed Patients
Yale University School of Medicine
Introduction
:on of Concurrent
Presentations
Margaret Hamburg, M.D.
ports
Theme and Common Elements
Department of Health & Human Services
ds for Determining
3. Successful Strategies for Overcoming Barriers
ent Needs
Leslie Hardy, M.H.S.
Preliminary Discussion
stul Strategies for
Patient/Client Barriers Subsession
Department of Health & Human Services
ressing the Needs of
Policy Barriers Subsession
iply Diagnosed Patients
Institutional Barriers Subsession
Nancy Klimas, M.D.
stul Strategies for
Full Session: Cross-cutting Issues
Veterans Administration Medical Center
coming Barriers
and Priorities
Kenneth Lowry
Consumer Information & Dispute
COMPLETE AND RETURN FORM BY EITHER
MAIL OR FAX TO:
Resolution, Inc.
of Future Needs
Andrea Hall
Thomas Newton, M.D.
MENT
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
Veterans Administration
7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300
Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System
Bethesda, MD 20814
Phone: (301) 986-4870
Fax: (301) 913-0351
On-line Registration: http://meetings.s-3.com/hivcare
CONFERENCE LOCATION
Omni Shoreham Hotel
2500 Calvert Street, N.W.
Washington, DC 20008
Phone: (202) 234-0700
Fax: (202) 265-7972
U.S. OFFICIAL MAIL B
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LODGING
A block of single sleeping rooms has been reserved
at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, DC. for
PENALTY
FOR
PRIVATE
USE $300
PBMETER
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Sunday. June 27, through Tuesday, June 29. 1999. at
the Government rate of $126 (inclusive of tax). The
1939
block of rooms will be held for reservations until May
27, 1999. After that date. reservations will be
accepted on a space- and rate-available basis only.
To make your reservation, please call the hotel
directly at (202) 234-0700 and reference the
"Improving HIV Care Conference" group block. If
special accommodations are needed. please advise the
hotel when you reserve your room
REGISTRATION FEES
This conference is being supported by unrestricted
education grants from several pharmaceutical
companies. It is open to the public and there are no
registration fees: however, all individuals must pre-
register by completing and returning the attached
form by June 10, 1999.
ON-LINE REGISTRATION
To register on-line, please visit web site
http://metings-3.com/hia
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
Please call Ann Borlo. Social & Scientific
Systems, Inc., at (301) 986-4870, for additional
information.
Social & Scientific Systems, Inc.
7101 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1300
Bethesda, MD 20814-4805
APRIL 30, 1999
HUD AND HIV/AIDS HOUSING COMMUNITY MEETING ATTENDEES
LAST NAME
FIRST NAME
ORGANIZATION
PHONE
Argue
Douglas
The Damien Center
308-630-0125
Bennett
Rusty
HUD
202-708-1934
Carter
Cheryl
Metropolitan
614-291-7160
Residential Services
Clark
Stevem
Professional Dev.
309-674-2200
Group
Cooper
Lynne
Doorways
314-535-1919
Cross-Dvorak
Glenda
Bridges in
775-827-6788
consciousness
Cylar
Keith
Housing Works Inc.
212-966-3096
Davidson
Barbara
HUD
202-708-1934
Ford
Jerry
Gregory House Prog.
808-592-9022
Foster
Georgia
Think Life, Inc.
954-525-6169
Glassman
Linda
CARES, Inc.
518-489-2312
Hamlett
Kim
VA
202-273-8929
Harre
David
HUD
202-708-1934
Johnson
Colleen
AIDS Project LA
923-993-1351
Kelly
Marvin
Del Norte
303-477-4774
Neighborhood Dev.
Kyle
LaShawn
Women's Collective
202-265-6222
Nalls
Patricia
Women's Collective
202-483-7003
Nystrom
Cynthia
Mont. Co., MD
301-946-1054
Poindexter
Priscilla
HUD
202-708-1934
Quattrochi
Gina
Bailey House
212-633-2500
Reyes-Jimenez
Valerie
Housing Works
212-966-0466 x165
Roman
Nan
Natl. All to End
202-483-7003
Homelessness
Russell
Randy
AIDS Task Force of
205-324-9822
Alabama
Sullivan
Albert
NAPWA
773-854-4521
Warren
Barbara
Lesbian and Gay
212-620-7310
community Services
Center
Williamson
Gail
HUD
202-708-2866
Zinsmeyer
Sterling
Praxis Housing
212-293-8404
Initiative, Inc.
Pietermaritzburg & District
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26 May 1999
Ms S Thurman
Director: Office of National AIDS Policy
Executive Office of the President
736 Jackson Place, NW
Washington, DC 20503
United States of America
Dear Ms Thurman,
On behalf of all of my colleagues in the CINDI network, thank you very much for the
concern and interest that you have shown in the problem of AIDS here, and in our
efforts to meet the challenge that the problem presents.
The HIV/AIDS phenomenon has made us all realise that the only way forward is through
cooperation. Together, we can all achieve so much more. The degree of mutual
respect and trust that has built up amongst the many civil society organisations
represented in CINDI has an intrinsic value that will reach far beyond the present crisis.
If there is any way in which the strategies developed here can be helpful in your work
elsewhere, we would all consider it a privilege to be given the opportunity to share our
experience.
We all hope that your visit fulfilled your expectations and, that your journey home was
pleasant and without incident.
We look forward to the opportunity of meeting again, and perhaps working successfully
together, in the future.
Yours sincerely,
Chairman CINDI Leadership Group &
Executive Director - Community Chest
John M (Mr Money) Scarrott
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